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Guide to fuel treatments in dry forests of the western United States : assessing forest structure and fire hazard /

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The Fire and Fuels Extension of the Forest Vegetation Simulator (FFE-FVS) was used to calulate the immediate effects of treatments on surface fuels, fire hazard, potential fire behavior, and forest structure for respresentative dry forest stands in the Western United States. Treatments considered in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johnson, Morris C.
Corporate Author: Pacific Northwest Research Station (Portland, Or.)
Other Authors: Peterson, David L. (David Lawrence), 1954-, Raymond, Crystal L.
Format: Government Document eBook
Language:English
Published: Portland, OR : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, [2007]
Series:General technical report PNW ; 686.
Subjects:
Forest thinning > West (U.S.) > Fuel.
Forest fires > West (U.S.) > Computer simulation.
Forest fires > West (U.S.) > Prevention and control.
Forest fire forecasting > West (U.S.)
Fire and Fuels Extension, Forest Vegetation Simulator (Computer program)
Online Access:PURL
http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/publications/gtr686/
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Summary:The Fire and Fuels Extension of the Forest Vegetation Simulator (FFE-FVS) was used to calulate the immediate effects of treatments on surface fuels, fire hazard, potential fire behavior, and forest structure for respresentative dry forest stands in the Western United States. Treatments considered included pile and burn and prescribed fire.
Item Description:"April 2007."
"Wildland fire behavior & forest structure, environmental consequences, economics, social concerns."
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Physical Description:322 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm.
Also available electronically on the Internet.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 19-20).