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Abstract
Monitoring fuel loads and treatment effects are critical in planning and evaluating prescribed fire and wildfire operations, but gathering data is difficult at management scales. Monitoring data allow managers to quantify fuel hazards, run fire behavior simulations that inform how prescribed fires and wildfires may progress under different weather and forests, and evaluate ecological impacts of different management decisions. New monitoring approaches with terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) developed by Northern Research Station scientists and partners are revolutionizing vegetation monitoring and helping managers collect better monitoring data faster and more easily than ever.
Citation
USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 2024. Monitoring Fuel Loads and Prescribed Fire Effects with Terrestrial Laser Scanning. Rooted in Research Issue 27, April 2024. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 7 p.
