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04.01.01.0073 - P018: Developing FCCS Fuelbeds for the Angora Fire Reg...
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Overview

Basics

Basics
Develop a set of fuelbeds for the Angora Fire region to better plan the restoration projects and communicate to managers, decision makers, and the public the levels of fire risk, smoke/pollutant production, and threats or benefits to other resources of the various alternatives considered.

Completed
2007
2008
2011
$77,950
Pat Manley (pmanley@fs.fed.us)
10/27/2017
10/27/2017
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Organizations

Organizations
U.S. Forest Service - Pacific Southwest Research Station (USFS - PSW) Pat Manley - U.S. Forest Service - Pacific Southwest Research Station (USFS - PSW)

EIP Details

EIP Basics

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04 - Science, Stewardship, and Accountability
04.01 - Science Program
Conduct Applied Scientific Research
04.01.01.0073 - P018: Developing FCCS Fuelbeds for the Angora Fire Region

Performance Measures

Expected Performance Measures

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Reported Performance Measures

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Funding

Expected Funding

Expected Funding
$77,950
$77,950
$0
Total
Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (Pacific Southwest Research Station) (USFS - PSW) $77,950 $77,950 $0
Grand Total $77,950 $77,950 $0

Reported Expenditures

Reported Expenditures
Total 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007
Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (Pacifi... $77,950 $15,590 $15,590 $15,590 $15,590 $15,590
Grand Total $77,950 $15,590 $15,590 $15,590 $15,590 $15,590

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Threshold Categories

  • Ongoing development of complex fire behavior and fire effects software and the implementation of wildland fire emissions and carbon assessments have demonstrated the need for a system to quantify and classify wildland fuels.

Local and Regional Plans

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Related Projects

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Notes

Notes
10/27/2017 11:34 AM Matt Driscoll Match Funding: $73,000
07/21/2017 9:40 AM Kiara Cuerpo-Hadsall Objectives:

• Consult with Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU) ID-team to determine critical fuelbed types, fuelbed pathways, and fuelbeds that will represent past, current and future vegetation states of the LTBMU.

• Build fuelbeds using previously collected data and scientific and gray literature.

• Run each fuelbed for fuelbed characteristics, fire potentials, fire behavior, and total carbon.

• Use CALVEG existing vegetation layer to map the Fuel Characteristic Classification System (FCCS) fuelbeds for the LTBMU.

• Prepare required quarterly progress reports.

• Complete a final report with fuelbed handbook, pathway diagrams, FCCS predicted fire outputs, and FCCS fuelbed files.

• Complete FCCS fuelbed map for the LTBMU.

• Prepare a draft manuscript(s) to be submitted to a refereed journal.

• Present a minimum of one conference and one mini-workshop


07/21/2017 9:39 AM Kiara Cuerpo-Hadsall Findings:

• This project has provided a robust set of fuelbeds that represent the past, current and potential future conditions of major forest and rangeland types, management activities, and natural disturbances occurring within the LTBMU.

• Each FCCS fuelbed developed for the LTBMU represents a relatively uniform unit on the landscape that is a unique combustion environment. These fuelbeds provide realistic physical fuel properties for a range of applications in fire, fuel, smoke, wildlife habitat, and carbon assessments.

• Each fuelbed can be customized with collected data to improve the representation of a particular fuelbed.

*** See www.fs.fed.us/PSW/partnerships/tahoescience for additional findings.
07/21/2017 9:38 AM Kiara Cuerpo-Hadsall Management Implications:

• Users can assess the effects of human and natural disturbances on a range of fuelbed characteristics. These can lead to a rigorous framework for planning, decision making, and policy analysis.

• Because the fuelbed list was developed from important fuelbed types and pathways, the fuelbeds will be especially beneficial for fuel treatment planning and evaluating the effectiveness of the fuel treatments through space and time.

• These fuelbeds can be used to evaluate the landscape for fire potential, smoke production, fuel loading, carbon storage, and wildlife habitat across time and space.
07/21/2017 9:38 AM Kiara Cuerpo-Hadsall Publications: www.fs.fed.us/PSW/partnerships/tahoescience