scholarly journals Do forest fuel reduction treatments confer resistance to beetle infestation and drought mortality?

Ecosphere ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. L. Steel ◽  
M. J. Goodwin ◽  
M. D. Meyer ◽  
G. A. Fricker ◽  
H. S. J. Zald ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Reduction ◽  
Forest Fuel

Basic principles of forest fuel reduction treatments

2005 ◽  
Vol 211 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 83-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
James K. Agee ◽  
Carl N. Skinner
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Reduction ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Forest Fuel

Forest Fuel Reduction and Biomass Supply: Perspectives from Southern Private Landowners

2013 ◽  
Vol 32 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 28-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianbang Gan ◽  
Adam Jarrett ◽  
Cassandra Johnson Gaither
Keyword(s):  
Private Landowners ◽  
Fuel Reduction ◽  
Biomass Supply ◽  
Forest Fuel

A Simulation Study to Estimate Effects of Wildfire and Forest Management on Hydrology and Sediment in a Forested Watershed, Northwestern U.S.

2018 ◽  
Vol 61 (5) ◽  
pp. 1579-1601 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anurag Srivastava ◽  
Joan Q. Wu ◽  
William J. Elliot ◽  
Erin S. Brooks ◽  
Dennis C. Flanagan
Keyword(s):  
Sediment Yield ◽  
Post Treatment ◽  
Water Yield ◽  
National Forest ◽  
Fuel Reduction ◽  
Fuel Treatments ◽  
Peak Flows ◽  
Treatment Conditions ◽  
Forest Fuel ◽  
Pre Treatment

Abstract. Suitable fuel reduction treatments are needed in the Colville National Forest, Washington, to reduce the risk of severe wildfire. This study aimed to identify high-risk erosion hillslopes following wildfire to aid in forest fuel reduction planning and to evaluate the effects of fuel treatments on the watershed hydrological response. The specific objectives were (1) to assess the soil burn severity associated with wildfires and use that information to identify critical hillslopes for forest fuel treatments, and (2) to evaluate the potential changes in water yield and peak flows from pre-treatment (undisturbed forest) to post-treatment (thinning and prescribed burn) conditions, in the East Deer Creek Watershed (EDCW), a subwatershed of the Colville National Forest. Assessments were made using a modeling approach for hypothetical wildfire and fuel treatment scenarios. FlamMap, a fire behavior model, was used to predict the spatial distribution of wildfire intensity for a hypothetical event under current vegetation conditions. WEPP simulations were subsequently completed to obtain sediment and water yields based on fire intensity and topography. WEPP erosion estimations following a simulated wildfire showed hillslope sediment yield varying from 0 to 49.4 Mg ha-1 year-1 from the 777 hillslopes, which were ranked in descending order of sediment yield to identify critical hillslopes for fuel treatments. The WEPP model calibrated for a nearby gauged watershed was then applied to the EDCW for pre-treatment and post-treatment conditions. At the watershed scale, the increase in water yield from pre-treatment to post-treatment conditions ranged from 0.7% to 5.6% on hillslopes delivering 10% to 50% of the predicted post-fire sediment. Simulated water balance components at the treated hillslopes showed substantial changes. Surface runoff, subsurface lateral flow, and deep percolation increased 150% (5 mm), 50% (9 mm), and 40% (41 mm), respectively, whereas evapotranspiration (ET) decreased 23% (124 mm). The relative differences between pre- and post-harvest peak flows showed no clear trends as treatment area increased. The results suggest that thinning and prescribed burns to treated hillslopes in the EDCW may lead to an increase in water yield and significant alterations in hydrological processes. Keywords: Fuel treatments, Modeling, Peak flows, Sediment, Water yield, Wildfire.

scholarly journals The Effects of Forest Fuel-Reduction Treatments in the United States

BioScience ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 62 (6) ◽  
pp. 549-560 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott L. Stephens ◽  
James D. McIver ◽  
Ralph E. J. Boerner ◽  
Christopher J. Fettig ◽  
Joseph B. Fontaine ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Fuel Reduction ◽  
Forest Fuel

Small Mammal Responses to Fine Woody Debris and Forest Fuel Reduction in Southwest Oregon

2008 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 625-632 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey A. Manning ◽  
W. Daniel Edge
Keyword(s):  
Small Mammal ◽  
Woody Debris ◽  
Fuel Reduction ◽  
Fine Woody Debris ◽  
Forest Fuel ◽  
Southwest Oregon

SMALL MAMMALS AND FOREST FUEL REDUCTION: NATIONAL-SCALE RESPONSES TO FIRE AND FIRE SURROGATES

2006 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 1717-1729 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah J. Converse ◽  
Gary C. White ◽  
Kerry L. Farris ◽  
Steve Zack
Keyword(s):  
Small Mammals ◽  
Fuel Reduction ◽  
National Scale ◽  
Forest Fuel
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