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Project ID: 01-1-3-43

Year: 2001

Date Started: 09/19/2001

Date Completed: 09/30/2004

Title: Fire, Management, and Land Mosaic Interactions: A Generic Spatial Model and Toolkit from Stand to Landscape Scales

Project Proposal Abstract: To understand the accumulation of wildland fuels and fires and to develop sound new management guidelines, the most critical research needs are a synthesis and integration of our knowledge of fire ecology, ecosystem processes, and landscape ecology, with computer models and simple tools that allow the public, land managers, and other decision makers to assess fire risk and predict the influences of fire on a given landscape. Such tools should be easy to use, with options for manipulating key factors so that alternative scenarios can be examined in a cause-effect manner to support final management decisions. The primary objective of our study is to develop a spatially explicit, PC Windows-based generic model accompanied by visualization systems that land managers can readily access to examine the potential effects of fire regimes and forestry practices on the landscape mosaic, ecosystem dynamics, fuel load patterns, and fire risk in real landscapes. Specifically, our objectives are: (1) To incorporate the interactions among wildfires, forest management, and current and future landscape mosaics and dynamics in a simple, generic, PC Microsoft Windows-based tool for resource managers and the scientific community. A visualization module will be the central component of the model, allowing users to best apply their knowledge of fire management at multiple temporal and spatial scales and to see an image of the results for stand and landscape structure; (2) To analyze intensely the ecological consequences of fire and harvest in the Chequamegon landscape and to explore alternative fire and management scenarios for this landscape; (3) To test the cause andeffect relationships among fire, management, and land mosalcs at thelandscape scale for six landscapes in addition to the Chequamegon which has distinct ecosystems, climates, fire regimes, and management guidelines; and (4) To organize workshops and promote the application and refinement of the model. Participants will include researchers, land managers, planners, and students. Six research Tasks have been identified by an interdisciplinary team with expertise in fire ecology, landscape ecology, modeling, and regional assessment to examine fire, management and their interactions with ecosystems at seven landscapes centered on National Forests across the country. We propose to synthesize existing information about fire behavior using spatial models, and to apply the models to a number of fire prone landscapes throughout the country. This study address at least three major tasks (3, 7, and 8) defined by the Joint Fire Sciences Program. Although our test landscapes are primarily focused on National Forests, the model developed through this research can be applied in any landscapes including wilderness areas.

Principal Investigator: Jiquan Chen

Agency/Organization: University of Toledo

Branch or Dept: Department of Environmental Sciences

Other Project Collaborators

Type	Name	Agency/Organization	Branch or Dept
Co-Principal Investigator	Soung-Ryoul Ryu	University of Toledo	Department of Environmental Sciences
Co-Principal Investigator	Bo Song	Clemson University	Department of Forestry & Natural Resources
Co-Principal Investigator	Daolan Zheng	University of Toledo	Department of Environmental Sciences
Collaborator/Contributor	John H. Cissel	BLM-Bureau of Land Management	JFSP-NIFC
Collaborator/Contributor	William Kaage	NPS-National Park Service	Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks
Collaborator/Contributor	John Kabrick	Forest Service	NRS-Northern Research Station
Collaborator/Contributor	Daniel G. Neary	Forest Service	RMRS-Southwest Forest Science Complex
Collaborator/Contributor	Malcolm P. North	Forest Service	PSW-Sierra Nevada Research Center
Collaborator/Contributor	Fred J. Swanson	Forest Service	PNW-Forestry Sciences Lab-Corvallis
Collaborator/Contributor	Carl C. Trettin	Forest Service	SRS-Santee Experimental Forest
Federal Cooperator	Thomas R. Crow	Forest Service	NRS-Northern Research Station
Technical Contact	David T. Cleland	Forest Service	Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest-Park Falls

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Project Deliverables

Final Report ("Results presented in JFSP Final Reports may not have been peer-reviewed and should be interpreted as tentative until published in a peer-reviewed source.")

	ID	Type	Title
	270	Refereed Publication	Estimating Above ground Biomass Using Landsat 7 ETM+ Data Across a Managed Landscape in Northern Wisconsin, USA
	275	Refereed Publication	Effects of Climate and Land Use on Landscape Soil Respiration in Northern Wisconsin, USA: 1972 to 2001
	274	Refereed Publication	Characterizing Historical and Modern Fire Regimes in Michigan (USA): A Landscape Ecosystem Approach
	273	Refereed Publication	Emulating Natural Landscape Disturbance in Forest Management-An Introduction
	272	Refereed Publication	A Working Framework for Quantifying Carbon Sequestration in Disturbed Land Mosaics
	271	Refereed Publication	Available Fuel Dynamics in Nine Contrasting Forest Ecosystems in North America
	269	Refereed Publication	Disturbance and Landscape Dynamics in the Chequamegon National Forest Wisconsin, USA, from 1972-2001
	7417	Invited Paper/Presentation	Examining Effects of Landscape Mosaics, Fuel Type, and Management on Fire Spread and Behavior in Northern Wisconsin, USA using Modeling Approach
	7416	Invited Paper/Presentation	3-D Visualization of Forest Landscape with Fire and Other Disturbances
	7415	Invited Paper/Presentation	Possibility of Model Application to the Forest Fire Management--Using LandNEP and PnET Models
	7413	Invited Paper/Presentation	Fires, Management, and Land Mosaic Interactions: A Generic Spatial Model and Toolkit From Stand to Landscape Scales
	7414	Invited Paper/Presentation	Applications: Management and Climate Affect Fire Spread

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