Fire Resilient Landscapes - Raster Tools
This notebook demonstrates how Raster Tools and ancillary data can be used to identify and quantify treatment locations and cost of implementation to reduce fire risk and create fire resilient landscapes. This tutorial and tool walks users through the process of estimating the potential biomass removals and costs associated with transforming a USDA Forest Service National Forest into a more fire resilient landscape. Datasets used in this notebook include raster surfaces, roads, streams, water bodies, sawmill locations, potential operational delineations (PODs), and a digital elevation model.
The Fire Resilient Landscapes tool can help managers identify cost-effective opportunities to conduct fuels treatments that build landscape resilience.
Applicability and Overview
Online Resources
People
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John S. Hogland, PhD
Research Foresterhttps://research.fs.usda.gov/about/people/john.s.hogland
Related Data and Tools
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Decision Support System
https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/products/dataandtools/raster-tools
Multimedia
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Webinars
https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/products/multimedia/webinars/wildfire-and-resilient-landscapes-new-tools-detailed-analyses
Related Programs
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Center or Group
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Program
https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/programs/humandimensionsStation -
Project
https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/projects/podsStation
Science You Can Use
- Annabelle Moore, John S. Hogland. 2026. Raster Tools: Leveraging spatial analysis and AI towards a fire-resilient future, in minutes
Publications
- John S. Hogland, Christopher J. Dunn, James D. Johnston. 2021. 21st century planning techniques for creating fire-resilient forests in the American West
- John S. Hogland, Nathaniel Anderson, Woodam Chung. 2018. New geospatial approaches for efficiently mapping forest biomass logistics at high resolution over large areas