 Developing
FCCS Fuelbeds for the Lake Tahoe Basin
 FERA collaborated with the Pacific
Southwest Region to develop a set of past, current, and future
fuelbeds for the Lake Tahoe basin using the Fuel Characteristic
Classification System (FCCS). The system provides fuel characteristics;
carbon accounting; surface fire, crown fire and available fuel potentials;
and fire behavior calculations under various weather scenarios for
each fuelbed developed. Following assignment of the fuelbeds to
the basin landscape, levels of fire risk, smoke/pollutant
production, carbon gain or loss, and threats or benefits to other
resources were compared among the various treatment alternatives
considered by the Interdisciplinary Team and Lake
Tahoe Basin Management Unit vegetation and fuels management staff.
This was done to improve the planning of restoration projects and serve
as a common platform of communication among managers, decision makers,
and the public.
Products from this research were:
- Comprehensive set of fuelbed pathways for the Lake Tahoe basin
- Fuelbeds that represent current and future scenarios for
the Lake Tahoe basin.
- Map [.png 3.6 MB](with legend) and GIS layers of FCCS fuelbeds
- Final Report Describing the Protocols and FCCS Fuelbeds with
Corresponding Fire Behavior Output 3.9 MB
- Presentation to results Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region
managers and other constituents.
- Draft of scientific manuscript
Companion Research: Evaluating Alternative Fuel Treatments in the South Shore Wildland-Urban Interface Area
Project Lead: Roger
Ottmar
Co-Principal Investigator: Hugh Safford, U.S.
Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region
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