Tutorial Index Welcome to the Natural Fuels Photo Series Tutorial

Part 1: Introduction to the Natural Fuels Photo Series

What is the Natural Fuels Photo Series? Why is the Natural Fuels Photo Series needed? Potential applications Available photo series volumes Ordering printed photo series

Part 2: Development of the photo series

How were the photo series developed? Photo series by volume About the photographs Sampling design for each site A note on fuel models

Part 3: How to use the photo series

Getting started Notes to users Framing fuels Making a visual inventory Using stereo photos Matching photos to your site Estimating fuel values Summing your fuel estimates Complex sites Limitations Metric conversions Scientific names Fuel categories: crosswalk to the FCCS Entering photo series data in the FCCS

Part 4: Digital photo series

Opening the Digital Photo Series Browsing sites by volume Search for sites Search by map Search by variable Viewing data in metric units Viewing and saving high-resolution images Printing site data Downloading site data Photo series documentation

Part 5: Details by volume

Volume I: Interior Pacific Northwest Mixed-conifer (MC) Western juniper (WJ) Sagebrush (SB) Grassland (BG) Volumes II & IIa: Alaska Black spruce (BS) White spruce (WS) Hardwoods w/ spruce (AKHD) Volume III: Rocky Mountains Lodgepole pine (LP) Quaking aspen (QA) Gambel oak (GO) Volume IV: Southwest Pinyon-juniper (PJ) Chaparral (CH) Sagebrush (SWSB) Volumes V & Va: Central and Lake states Red and white pine (MP) Northern tallgrass prairie (TP) Mixed oak (MO) Jack pine (JP) Volumes VI & VIa: Southeast Longleaf pine (LLP) Pocosin (P-W and P-S) Marsh grass (MG) Sand hill (SH) Sand pine scrub (SPS) Hardwoods w/ white pine (HP) Volume VII: Western U.S. Oregon white oak (WO) California deciduous oak (CDO) Mixed-conifer with shrub (MCS) Volume VIII: Northeastern US Hardwood (NEWH) Pitch pine (NEPP) Red spruce / balsam fir (NESF) Volume IX: Arizona and NM Oak / juniper woodlands (OJW) Volume X: Central Montana Sagebrush with grass (SG) Ponderosa pine - Juniper (PPJ) Volume XI: Eastern Oregon Sagebrush with grass (EOSG) Sagebrush with juniper (EOSJ) Sagebrush with ponderosa pine (EOSP) Volume XII: Post-hurricane fuels Gulf coast (GCPH) Atlantic coast (ACPH) PNW-GTR-545: Hawaii Grassland (HI-G) Shrubland (HI-S) Woodland (HI-W) Forest (HI-F)

Part 6: Case Studies

Southern case study Step 1: matching photos Step 1: continued Step 2: saplings and trees Step 3: shrubs Step 4: herbaceous understory Step 5: woody material Step 6: forest floor Step 7: summary  Western case study Step 1: matching photos Step 1a: notes to users Step 2: saplings and trees Step 3: shrubs Step 4: herbaceous understory Step 5: woody material Step 6: forest floor Step 7: summary