Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team

Natural Fuels Photo Series

The natural fuels photo series project is designed to help land managers appraise fuel and vegetation conditions in natural settings. Each group of photos in a series includes inventory information summarizing vegetation composition, structure and loading and, as appropriate woody material loading and density by size class, forest floor depth and loading, and various site characteristics.

Once an assessment of fuel and vegetation conditions has been completed, stand treatment options, such as prescribed fire or harvesting, can be planned and implemented to better achieve desired effects while minimizing negative impacts on other resources.

Multiple funding partners have supported photo series projects through the years.

Photographing sites	Collecting site data
Stereo cameras	Collecting site data
Sample page from a photo series	Photo series sampling area layout

Team Lead: Roger Ottmar

Funding Partners: U.S. Department of the Interior; USDA Forest Service -- Pacific Northwest Region, Pacific Southwest Research Station; Joint Fire Science Program; U.S. Agency for International Development (Latin America and the Caribbean Bureau and the Mexico Mission); U.S. Forest Service International Programs; Department of Defense -- Eglin Air Force Base (Natural Resources Branch), Pohakulo and Makua Training Areas; State of Hawaii, Department of Natural Resources (Division of Forestry and Wildlife); University of Brasilia Department of Ecology; National Park Service -- Hawaii Volcanoes National Park