Simple, fast, and cheap: A new photoload sequence building technique for fuel load estimates

Chris M. Stalling; Robert E. Keane

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Simple, fast, and cheap: A new photoload sequence building technique for fuel load estimates

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Chris M. Stalling, Robert E. Keane

Year:

2021

Type:

Science Bulletins and Newsletters

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Science You Can Use (in 5 Minutes), September 2021. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 2 p.

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Abstract

The new photoload technique developed by RMRS provides a relatively inexpensive, fast, and accurate method to estimate loadings of major fuel components. This new technique allows land managers to create and use photoload sequences in any ecosystem worldwide for 1-hour, 10-hour, 100-hour, and 1,000-hour downed dead woody, shrub, and herbaceous fuels. The report provides a comprehensive protocol to create photoload sequences from field-sampled fuel beds, addresses common issues encountered in the field, and provides guidance for training field crews in the photoload sampling method.

Keywords

Science You Can Use, SYCU, photoload sequences, fuel load estimates, fuel components, fire-prone ecosystems, fire behavior

Citation

Stalling, Chris; Keane, Bob. 2021. Simple, fast, and cheap: A new photoload sequence building technique for fuel load estimates. Science You Can Use (in 5 Minutes), September 2021. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 2 p.