Hazardous Fuels and Vegetation Treatment Processes and Tools
Under Development by R5, PNW Research Station and RM Research Station
OUTLINE FOR DOCUMENTATION OF MODELS/TOOLS
1. Tool Name : Modifying Forest Structure to Reduce Fire Hazard – A Guidebook for NEPA analysis
2. Brief Description of Tool : Quantitative guidelines and visualizations for how alternative
silvicultural prescriptions and surface fuel treatments affect forest structure, fuels, and potential fire
behavior.
3. Scale Tool is Applicable: Project/stand, but can be aggregated to larger spatial scales.
4. Analyst Requirement: Resource specialist can use the guidebook in hard copy or from the Web, and
can apply to local situations.
5. Data Inputs: None, except knowledge of local forest stand and fuel conditions.
6. Model Outputs: Visualizations, forest stand attributes, and fuelbed properties, including estimated
changes over time.
7. Application of Model for Fuel Treatment work: Can be used to assess alternatives for NEPA
analysis and other stand-level applications relative to thinning and surface fuel treatments. Can also
be used for long-term scheduling of fuel treatments.
8. Linkage to Other Models/Tools: Will use LMS, FVS-FFE, FCCS, and EnVision to derive outputs
presented in guidebook.
9. Partners: USFS Rocky Mountain Station, University of Washington.
10. Current Status: Will be available in late 2004.
11. Training Availability: Training unnecessary.
12. Tool Contact: David L. Peterson, peterson@fs.fed.us, 206-732-7812.
13. Example of Model/Tool Application: Attached.
Disclaimer: The views in this report (presentation) are these of the author(s) do not necessarily represent the views of the
Forest Service.
Thin from below < 9 inches DBH
Thin to target stand density proportionally
Thin from below to target stand density
Thin from below to fire resilient conditions
Disclaimer: The views in this report (presentation) are these of the author(s) do not necessarily represent the views of the Forest Service.