Thinning and prescribed fire and projected trends in wood product potential, financial return, and fire hazard in Montana.

R. James Barbour; Roger D. Fight; Glenn Christensen; Guy L. Pinjuv; Rao V. Nagubadi

doi:10.2737/PNW-GTR-606

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Thinning and prescribed fire and projected trends in wood product potential, financial return, and fire hazard in Montana.

Informally Refereed

Authors:

R. James Barbour, Roger D. Fight, Glenn Christensen, Guy L. Pinjuv, Rao V. Nagubadi

Year:

2004

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Pacific Northwest Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/PNW-GTR-606

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-606. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 78 p

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Abstract

This work was undertaken under a joint fire science project "Assessing the need, costs, and potential benefits of prescribed fire and mechanical treatments to reduce fire hazard." This paper compares the future mix of timber products under two treatment scenarios for the state of Montana. We developed and demonstrated an analytical method that uses readily available tools to evaluate pre- and posttreatment stand conditions; size, species, and volume of merchantable wood removed during thinnings; size and volume of submerchantable wood cut during treatments; and financial returns of prescriptions that are applied repeatedly over a 90-year period.

Keywords

Wood products, thinning, fire hazard, financial return, Montana

Citation

Barbour, R. James; Fight, Roger D.; Christensen, Glenn A.; Pinjuv, Guy L.; and Nagubadi, Rao V. 2004. Thinning and prescribed fire and projected trends in wood product potential, financial return, and fire hazard in Montana. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-606. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 78 p