Program Development in Fire Management
PNW Research Proposals Funded in 2002

Summary List by National Fire Plan Topic

B. Restoring Landscapes and Rebuilding Communities

 

 

Post-fire treatments. Improve methods for assessing the effectiveness of rehabilitation and restoration techniques and determining their impacts on ecosystem health, environmental quality (soil, water, air), productivity, fish and wildlife habitat, T&E species, and human community sustainability. 02.PNW.B.1 -- Response of Native and Invasive Exotic Plants to Fire, Fire Recovery, and Fuel Reduction Treatments in the Interior Pacific Northwest (Parks)

C. Reducing Hazardous Fuels and Fire Risk

 

i. Assessment. Develop methods for assessing the conditions of fuels and values at risk (property, air, water, soil, and others) at various scales of analysis. This includes remote sensing and other tools for classifying, monitoring, and predicting fuel conditions and dynamics and procedures for evaluating the vulnerability of wildland urban interface structures and community infrastructure.

02.PNW.C.1 -- Financial Analysis and Processing Options for Hazardous Fuel Reduction Integrated with Silviculture, Harvesting, and Evaluation of Business Opportunities (Barbour)