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Type: Report
Publication Date: 2011
This report provides managers with the current state of knowledge regarding the effectiveness of fuel treatments for mitigating severe wildfire effects. A literature review examines the effectiveness of fuel treatments that had been previously applied and were subsequently burned through by wildfire in forests and rangelands. A case study focuses on WUI fuel treatments that were burned in the 2007 East Zone and Cascade megafires in central Idaho. Both the literature review and case study results support a manager consensus that forest thinning followed by some form of slash removal is most effective for reducing subsequent wildfire severity.
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Citation: Hudak, Andrew T.; Rickert, Ian; Morgan, Penelope; Strand, Eva; Lewis, Sarah A.; Robichaud, Peter R.; Hoffman, Chad; Holden, Zachary A. 2011. Review of fuel treatment effectiveness in forests and rangelands and a case study from the 2007 megafires in central, Idaho, USA. General Technical Report RMRS-GTR-252. Fort Collins, CO: USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 60 p.
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Keywords:
- fire severity
- fuel treatment effectiveness
- Idaho
- literature review
- megafires
- NFP - National Fire Plan
- slash treatment
- thinning
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FRAMES Record Number: 10045