Is that tree dead? Quantifying fire-killed trees to inform salvage and forest management

Andrea Watts; Sharon M. Hood; Sheri Smith; Renate Bush; Maurice Huynh

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Is that tree dead? Quantifying fire-killed trees to inform salvage and forest management

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Andrea Watts, Sharon M. Hood, Sheri Smith, Renate Bush, Maurice Huynh

Year:

2019

Type:

Science Bulletins and Newsletters

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Science You Can Use Bulletin, Issue 36. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 11 p.

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Abstract

Wildfires are natural disturbances in the western United States. Managing the resulting stands of dead and dying trees requires balancing conflicting priorities. Although these trees provide wildlife habitat and salvage logging revenue, they also pose public safety hazards.

Keywords

Science You Can Use, SYCU, wildfire, disturbance, forest management, tree mortality, salvage logging, First Order Fire Effects Model (FOFEM)

Citation

Watts, Andrea; Hood, Sharon; Smith, Sheri; Bush, Renate; Huynh, Maurice. 2019. Is that tree dead? Quantifying fire-killed trees to inform salvage and forest management. Science You Can Use Bulletin, Issue 36. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 11 p.