A strategic assessment of forest biomass and fuel reduction treatments in Western States

USDA Forest Service; Bob Rummer; Jeffrey P. Prestemon; Dennis M. May; Patrick D. Miles; John S. Vissage; Ronald E. McRoberts; Greg C. C. Liknes; Wayne D. Shepperd; Dennis Ferguson; William J. Elliot; Ina Sue S. Miller; Steve Reutebuch; Jamie Barbour; Jeremy S. Fried; Bryce Stokes; Ted Bilek; Kenneth E. Skog

doi:10.2737/RMRS-GTR-149

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A strategic assessment of forest biomass and fuel reduction treatments in Western States

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Authors:

USDA Forest Service, Bob Rummer, Jeffrey P. Prestemon, Dennis M. May, Patrick D. Miles, John S. Vissage, Ronald E. McRoberts, Greg C. C. Liknes, Wayne D. Shepperd, Dennis Ferguson, William J. Elliot, Ina Sue S. Miller, Steve Reutebuch, Jamie Barbour, Jeremy S. Fried, Bryce Stokes, Ted Bilek, Kenneth E. Skog

Year:

2005

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/RMRS-GTR-149

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-149. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 17 p.

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Abstract

This assessment characterizes, at a regional scale, forest biomass that can potentially be removed to implement the fuel reduction and ecosystem restoration objectives of the National Fire Plan for the Western United States. The assessment area covers forests on both public and private ownerships in the region and describes all standing tree volume including stems, limbs, and tops. Analysis of treatment areas and potential removals is included. Additionally, the operational systems necessary to effect the treatments as well as potential erosion impacts, utilization opportunities and market implications were examined.

Keywords

assessment, biomass, fuel reduction, inventory

Citation

USDA Forest Service; Rummer, Bob; Prestemon, Jeff; May, Dennis; Miles, Pat; Vissage, John; McRoberts, Ron; Liknes, Greg; Shepperd, Wayne D.; Ferguson, Dennis; Elliot, William; Miller, Sue; Reutebuch, Steve; Barbour, Jamie; Fried, Jeremy; Stokes, Bryce; Bilek, Edward; Skog, Ken. 2005. A strategic assessment of forest biomass and fuel reduction treatments in Western States. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-149. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 17 p.