Photo guide for appraising downed woody fuels in Montana forests: Grand fir - larch - Douglas-fir, western hemlock, western redcedar - western hemlock, and western redcedar cover types

William Fischer

doi:10.2737/INT-GTR-96

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Photo guide for appraising downed woody fuels in Montana forests: Grand fir - larch - Douglas-fir, western hemlock, western redcedar - western hemlock, and western redcedar cover types

Informally Refereed

Authors:

William Fischer

Year:

1981

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/INT-GTR-96

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-96. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. 53 p.

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Abstract

Four series of color photographs show different levels of downed woody material resulting from natural processes in four forest cover types in Montana. Each photo is supplemented by fuel inventory data and potential fire behavior ratings.

Keywords

forest fuels, fire behavior, fire hazard, fuel appraisal

Citation

Fischer, William C. 1981. Photo guide for appraising downed woody fuels in Montana forests: Grand fir - larch - Douglas-fir, western hemlock, western redcedar - western hemlock, and western redcedar cover types. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-96. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. 53 p.