The fuel treatment evaluator - a silvicultural approach to reducing fire hazard

Wayne Shepperd; Karen Abt; R. James Barbour; Roger Fight; Robert Huggett; Patrick Miles; Elizabeth Reinhardt; Kenneth E. Skog

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The fuel treatment evaluator - a silvicultural approach to reducing fire hazard

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Authors:

Wayne Shepperd, Karen Abt, R. James Barbour, Roger Fight, Robert Huggett, Patrick Miles, Elizabeth Reinhardt, Kenneth E. Skog

Year:

2005

Type:

Paper

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Proceedings on driving changes in forestry; 2005 October 19-23; Fort Worth, TX: Society of American Foresters. 12 p. CD-ROM.

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Abstract

The Fuel Treatment Evaluator (FTE 3.0) is a web-based tool that can be used to explore the impacts of alternative thinning intensities for any forest area in the United States. This paper will explain the Stand Density Index-based prescription engine used in uneven-aged scenarios in the FTE 3.0 program and present examples of uneven-aged fuels treatment activity prescriptions that can be developed.

Keywords

fuels treatment, uneven-aged management, Stand Density Index, Forest Inventory and Analysis

Citation

Shepperd, Wayne; Abt, Karen; Barbour, R. James; Fight, Roger; Huggett, Robert; Miles, Patrick; Reinhardt, Elizabeth; Skog, Kenneth. 2005. The fuel treatment evaluator - a silvicultural approach to reducing fire hazard. In: Proceedings on driving changes in forestry; 2005 October 19-23; Fort Worth, TX: Society of American Foresters. 12 p. CD-ROM.