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04.01.01.0078 - P034: Integrated Decision Support for Cost Effective F...
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Basics

Basics
This project develops an integrated decision support system and applies it in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Building upon two current research projects by the PI and Co-PIs, the support system will combine the vegetation simulation capabilities of FVS-FFE, the fire behavior capabilities of FlamMap, the water quality prediction capabilities of FS WEPP, and the spatial scheduling and cost effectiveness analysis capabilities of MAGIS into one system. This will provide land managers the ability to spatially schedule fuel treatments on a landscape and to also analyze tradeoffs of different management strategies.

Completed
2008
2009
2011
$306,315
Kat McIntyre (KMcIntyre@trpa.gov)
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)
U.S. Forest Service – Rocky Mountain Research Station (USFS - RMRS) Kat McIntyre - Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA)

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04 - Science, Stewardship, and Accountability
04.01 - Science Program
Conduct Applied Scientific Research
04.01.01.0078 - P034: Integrated Decision Support for Cost Effective Fuel Treatments Under Multiple Resource Goals

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$306,315
$306,315
$0
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Unknown or Unassigned $306,315 $306,315 $0
Grand Total $306,315 $306,315 $0

Reported Expenditures

Reported Expenditures
Total 2011 2010 2009 2008
Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (Pacifi... $306,315 $76,579 $76,579 $76,579 $76,578
Grand Total $306,315 $76,579 $76,579 $76,579 $76,578

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Notes

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10/27/2017 12:21 PM Matt Driscoll Match Funding: $136,374
07/25/2017 7:35 PM Kiara Cuerpo-Hadsall Objectives:

• To develop an integrated decisions support system for optimizing fuel treatment locations in time and space to achieve multiple management objectives while meeting resource and operational constraints.

• To develop applications of the system for the Lake Tahoe Basin.

• To deliver the system to end users.

07/25/2017 7:34 PM Kiara Cuerpo-Hadsall Findings:

• OptFuels combines the vegetation simulation capabilities of the Forest Vegetation Simulator, the landscape fire behavior modeling functionality of the Minimum Travel Time algorithm in FlamMap, and a heuristic algorithm for scheduling fuel treatments.

• In addition to fuel treatment optimization by the heuristic algorithm, users also have the option of entering their own treatment alternatives for analyzing effects on fire behavior and conducting trade-off analyses.
07/25/2017 7:34 PM Kiara Cuerpo-Hadsall Management Implications:

This integrated system provides land managers with a streamlined ability to develop spatiotemporal fuel treatment alternatives and assess trade-offs among various alternatives and no action.
07/25/2017 7:33 PM Kiara Cuerpo-Hadsall Publications:

Chung, Woodam; Jones, J Greg; Krueger, Kurt; Bramel, Jody; Contreras, Marco. 2012. Optimizing fuel treatments over time and space. Submitted to the International Journal of Wildland Fire.

Schmidt, David; Bramel, Jody P.; Chung, Woodam; and Jones, J. Greg. 2012. An inventory-based process for assigning surface fuel models to projected forest stands. In review for Fire Ecology.

Jones, J. Greg; Chung, Woodam; Bramel, Jody; Schmidt, David; and Krueger, Kurt. 2012. Planning Fuel Treatments for Multiple Fire Events. In review for the International Journal of Wildland Fire.