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Project ID:

10-1-10-21

Year:

2010

Date Started:

08/01/2010

Date Completed:

09/13/2013

Title:

Fuel Treatments Effects on Carbon Budgets of Sierra Nevada Mixed Conifer Forests in California

Project Proposal Abstract:

The combination of drought, fire suppression, and past harvesting has produced forests that are susceptible to high-severity wildfire in the Sierra Nevada. Given the current need of fuel treatment implementation, there are few quantitative studies that evaluate the effects of these treatments on live and dead C pools. Implementing fuel treatments can result in C emissions from prescribed burning and C can be removed in the form of wood products. Gaining an understanding of how fuel treatments affect forest C pools, CO2 emissions, and the potential for decreasing the vulnerability of live C pools due to high severity fire is essential. This project would provide information on how some of the most common fuel treatments (4 treatments each replicated 3 times) in the Sierra Nevada affect carbon budget approximately 10 years after initial treatments. The effects of maintenance treatments would also be evaluated.

Principal Investigator:

Scott L. Stephens

Agency/Organization:

University of California-Berkeley

Branch or Dept:

Department of Environmental Sciences-Policy & Management

Other Project Collaborators

Type	Name	Agency/Organization	Branch or Dept
Federal Cooperator	Brandon M. Collins	University of California-Berkeley	Forestry & Natural Resources
Federal Fiscal Representative	Anna Wong	Forest Service	PSW-Pacific Southwest Research Station