A framework for quantifying forest wildfire hazard and fuel treatment effectiveness from stands to landscapes

Sharon M. Hood; J. Morgan Varner; Terrie B. Jain; Jeffrey M. Kane

doi:10.1186/s42408-022-00157-0

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A framework for quantifying forest wildfire hazard and fuel treatment effectiveness from stands to landscapes

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Authors:

Sharon M. Hood, J. Morgan Varner, Terrie B. Jain, Jeffrey M. Kane

Year:

2022

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1186/s42408-022-00157-0

Source:

Fire Ecology. 18: 33.

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Abstract

Wildland fires are fundamentally landscape phenomena, making it imperative to evaluate wildland fire strategic goals and fuel treatment effectiveness at large spatial and temporal scales. Outside of simulation models, there is limited information on how stand-level fuel treatments collectively contribute to broader landscape-level fuel management goals. Our objective here is to present a framework designed to measure fuel treatment effectiveness from stands to landscapes to inform fuel treatment planning and improve ecological and social resilience to wildland fire.

Keywords

forest management, fuel management regimes, social and ecological resilience, wildfire resilience

Citation

Hood, Sharon M.; Varner, J. Morgan; Jain, Theresa B.; Kane, Jeffrey M. 2022. A framework for quantifying forest wildfire hazard and fuel treatment effectiveness from stands to landscapes. Fire Ecology. 18: 33.