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

Johnson, Morris C. (Author). Peterson, David L. (David Lawrence), 1954- (Added Author). Raymond, Crystal L. (Added Author). Pacific Northwest Research Station (Portland, Or.) (Added Author).

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.

Record details

Physical Description: print
322 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 28 cm.
Publisher: Portland, OR : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, [2007]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Cover title. "April 2007." "Wildland fire behavior & forest structure, environmental consequences, economics, social concerns."
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 19-20).
Additional Physical Form available Note:	Also available electronically on the Internet.