Pacific Northwest Research Station

Title: A consumer guide: tools to manage vegetation and fuels.

Author: Peterson, David L.; Evers, Louisa; Gravenmier, Rebecca A.; Eberhardt, Ellen

Date: 2007

Source: Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-690. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 151 p

Station ID: GTR-PNW-690

Description: Current efforts to improve the scientific basis for fire management on public lands will benefit from more efficient transfer of technical information and tools that support planning, implementation, and effectiveness of vegetation and hazardous fuel treatments. The technical scope, complexity, and relevant spatial scale of analytical and decision support tools differ considerably, which provides a challenge to resource managers and other users who want to select tools appropriate for a particular application. This publication provides a state-of-science summary of tools currently available for management of vegetation and fuels. Detailed summaries include a description of each tool, location where it can be obtained, relevant spatial scale, level of user knowledge required, data requirements, model outputs, application in fuel treatments, linkage to other tools, and availability of training and support. Streamlined summaries in tabular format allow users to rapidly identify those tools that could potentially be applied to a specific management need. In addition, an interdisciplinary team process is described that facilitates application of tools and decisionmaking at different spatial scales.

Keywords: Decision support, fire management, fuel treatment, hazardous fuel

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Peterson, David L.; Evers, Louisa; Gravenmier, Rebecca A.; Eberhardt, Ellen  2007.  A consumer guide: tools to manage vegetation and fuels..   Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-690. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 151 p.