Fuels and fire in land-management planning. Part 1. Forest-fuel classification.

Wayne G. Maxwell; Franklin R. Ward

doi:10.2737/PNW-GTR-131

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Fuels and fire in land-management planning. Part 1. Forest-fuel classification.

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Wayne G. Maxwell, Franklin R. Ward

Year:

1981

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Pacific Northwest Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/PNW-GTR-131

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-131. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 12 p

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Abstract

This report describes a way to collect and classify the total fuel complex within a planning area. The information can be used as input for appraising and rating probable fire behavior and calculating expected costs and losses from various land uses and management alternatives, reported separately as Part 2 and Part 3 of this series. This total package can be used locally for fire management and as input to the land management planning process.

Keywords

Fuels inventory, land management, management planning (forest)

Citation

Maxwell, Wayne G.; Ward, Franklin R. 1981. Fuels and fire in land-management planning. Part 1. Forest-fuel classification. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-131. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 12 p