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RMRS-GTR-149: A strategic assessment of forest biomass and fuel
reduction treatments in Western States
USDA Forest Service. 2005. A strategic assessment of forest biomass and fuel reduction treatments in Western States. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-149. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 17 p. http://www.fs.fed.us/research/infocenter.html
This assessment characterizes, at a regional scale, forest biomass that can potentially be removed to implement the fuel reduction and ecosystem restoration objectives of the National Fire Plan for the Western United States. The assessment area covers forests on both public and private ownerships in the region and describes all standing tree volume including stems, limbs, and tops. Analysis of treatment areas and potential removals is included. Additionally, the operational systems necessary to effect the treatments as well as potential erosion impacts, utilization opportunities and market implications were examined.
Keywords: assessment, biomass, fuel reduction, inventory
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Title: RMRS-GTR-149:
A strategic assessment of forest biomass and fuel reduction treatments
in Western States
Electronic Publish Date: February 9, 2005
Last Update: February
28, 2008