Pacific Northwest Research Station

Hazardous Fuel & Vegetation Treatment Workshop Materials

May 17-18, 2004

Bend, Oregon

PNW Research Station sponsored a workshop May 17-18, 2004, in Bend, Oregon to share current applications and tools for fuel and vegetation treatments and to promote discussions between scientists, managers, and resource specialists regarding fuel treatments at the stand and landscape scales. This workshop was held in response to requests by several forest supervisors for assistance in planning and implementing effective hazardous fuels and other vegetation treatments. The target audience for the workshop included fuel treatment specialists, vegetation management specialists, planners, and line officers.

The objectives of the workshop were to:

Provide an overview and synthesis of available (or soon-to-be available) models, tools, and applications for hazardous fuel and vegetation treatment.

Promote interaction and discussion between scientists and managers on the key issues and barriers land managers face in planning and implementing fuel and vegetation treatments.

Discuss short- and long-term needs and priorities of managers and identify opportunities for science to assist.

Workshop Materials

Agenda (PDF - 29 Kb)

Letter of Invitation (PDF - 45 Kb)

Regional and Local Perspectives on Needs

Board of Directors Charter (PDF - 53 Kb)

SORO Perspective (Tim Rich, PNW Region) (PDF - 23 Kb)

Field Input (PDF - 39 Kb)

Science Overviews: Model Summaries and Presentations

Summary Matrix of New Models and Tools (PDF - 34 Kb)

I. Understanding and Mapping Fuels

Fuel Characteristics Classification System (Roger Ottmar, PNW)

• Model Overview (PDF - 369 Kb)
• Presentation (PDF - 3.43 MB)

Fuel Mapping (Don McKenzie and Janet Ohmann, PNW)

• Model Overview I - Mapping FCCS Fuelbeds (PDF - 26 Kb)
• Sample Applications I - Mapping FCCS Fuelbeds (PDF - 169 KB)
• Model Overview II - Gradient Nearest Neighbor (PDF - 30 Kb)
• Sample Applications II - Gradient Nearest Neighbor (PDF - 976 Kb)
• Presentation - Regional Scale Mapping of Fuels (PDF - 4.77 MB)

II. Treatment Design Tools

Modifying Forest Structure to Reduce Fire Hazard - NEPA Analysis Guidebook (Dave Peterson, PNW)

• Model Overview (PDF - 389 Kb)
• Presentation (PDF - 744 Kb)

My Fuel Treatment Planner and Other Economic Tools (Jamie Barbour, PNW)

• Model Overview (PDF - 506Kb)
• Presentation (PDF - 573 Kb)

Fireshed Assessment: An Integrated Approach to Landscape Planning in Region 5 (Berni Bahro, PSW Region)

• Model Overview (PDF - 262 Kb)
• Presentation (PDF: Part 1 - 2.91 MB, Part 2 - 2.89 MB, Part 3 - 3.23 MB, and Part 4 - 3.13 MB)

FUELSOLVE: Optimizing Fuel Solutions and Ecological Values (John Lehmkuhl, PNW)

• Model Overview (PDF - 25 Kb)
• Presentation (PDF - 665 Kb)

III. Evaluation Tools

Fire Effects Tradeoff Model (FETM) Sciences Inc. (Mark Schaaf, Air Sciences Inc.)

• Model Overview (PDF - 40 Kb)
• Presentation (PDF - 288 Kb)

State and Transition Landscape Models - VDDT & TELSA (Miles Hemstrom, PNW)

• Model Overview (PDF - 977 Kb)
• Presentation (PDF - 5.67 MB)

Prioritizing and Measuring Effects of Fuel/Vegetation Treatments in the Pacific Northwest (Sam Sandberg, PNW)

• Model Overview (PDF - 175 Kb)
• Presentation (PDF - 2.49 PDF)

Breakout Session Questions (PDF - 14 Kb)

Existing Background Materials

Background Model Summary and Overview (PDF - 135 Kb)

Fuel Planning Synthesis Materials (to be added)

Fuel Treatment Evaluator (Dennis May, PDF - 401 Kb)

The effects of thinning and similar stand treaments on fire bahavior in Western forests. Graham, Russell T.; Harvey, Alan E.; Jain, Theresa B.; Tonn, Jonalea R. 1999. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-463. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station.

Workshop Notes:

Meeting Notes (PDF - 123 Kb)

Breakout Group Notes (PDF - 82 Kb)

Workshop Followup

Workshop Recommendation to RLT/SLT (PDF - 890 Kb)

For more information on this workshop, contact Becky Gravenmier (503-808-2851, bgravenmier@fs.fed.us)

US Forest Service - Pacific Northwest Research Station
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