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Project ID: 99-1-3-16

Year: 1999

Date Started: 09/10/1999

Date Completed: 07/08/2004

Title: Wildland Fuels Management: Evaluating and Planning Risks and Benefits

Project Proposal Abstract: We propose to develop methods that allow managers to incorporate information on the risks and benefits of wildland fuels management into landscape scale planning. Although wildland fire managers have a full spectrum of strategies available for reducing fuels, they lack appropriate tools for effectively applying these fuels management strategies at landscape scales, Furthermore, many managers are locked into a reinforcing feedback cycle in which perceived risks lead to fire suppression, leading to increased risks and further fire suppression. Existing tools and approaches for planning fire and fuels management perpetuate this cycle by focusing on risk while ignoring the potential benefits of fire. We will develop a GIS-based model that quantifies both the risks and benefits of fire across landscapes, providing managers with information critical for developing landscape-scale fuels and fire management plans that minimize the risks of fire while maximizing its benefits. We will develop the model for at least three pilot study sites representing different geographic locations and fuel types. The model will require generally available data for input, thus ensuring its applicability across multiple fuel types and geographic areas. This set of basic data will be used to derive the risks and benefits of wildland fire across landscapes. We have already used substantial input from agency fire management officers and fuels specialists to develop a conceptual framework for this model. To further ensure that the model will be nationally applicable, we will convene a workshop of fire managers and fuels specialists to identify important informational needs that are common to fire managers from different agencies and geographic regions. These common needs willbe used to guide the development of the model. Frequent feedback from managers will be used to improve and refine the model. Model output will be compatible with multiple database structures and computer platforms, thereby enabling use by different land management agencies.

Principal Investigator: Peter B. Landres

Agency/Organization: Forest Service

Branch or Dept: RMRS-Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute

Other Project Collaborators

Type	Name	Agency/Organization	Branch or Dept
Co-Principal Investigator	Anne E. Black	Forest Service	RMRS-Forestry Sciences Lab-Missoula
Co-Principal Investigator	Carol L. Miller	Forest Service	RMRS-Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute
Collaborator/Contributor	Paul Alaback	University of Montana	Department of Forest Management
Federal Cooperator	Peter B. Landres	Forest Service	RMRS-Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute

Project Locations

Consortium

Alaska

Appalachian

California

Great Basin

Great Plains

Lake States

Oak Woodlands

Northern Rockies

Northwest

Pacific

South

Southern Rockies

Southwest

Tallgrass

There are no project locations identified for this project.

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
	208	Refereed Publication	The Fire Effects Planning Framework
	5243	Refereed Publication	Wildland Fire Use: A Wilderness Perspective on Fuel Management
	71	Refereed Publication	The Spatial Context of Fire: A New Approach for Predicting Fire Occurrence
	9992	NonRefereed Publication	Map Library for the Bitterroot National Forest (West Fork RD)
	9991	NonRefereed Publication	Appendices to Final Report--Fact Sheets Posted on the Website
	5236	NonRefereed Publication	Exploring Information Needs for Wildland Fuels and Fire Management
	5240	NonRefereed Publication	Fire Effects Planning Framework
	5234	NonRefereed Publication	Evaluating Risks and Benefits of Wildland Fire at Landscape Scales
	5266	Invited Paper/Presentation	Fire Effects Planning Framework
	5247	Conference/Symposia/Workshop	Fire, Fuel Treatments, and Ecological Restoration: Conference Proceedings

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