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Abstract
Understanding the trade-offs between short-term and long-term consequences of fire impacts on ecosystems is needed before a comprehensive fuels management program can be implemented nationally. We are evaluating 3 potential trade-off models at 8 locations in major U.S. fuel types. We present results of the initial testing of the 3 selected models/modelling approaches and a 4th model on the Bitterroot National Forest (BNF) in western Montana. The selected models/modelling approaches were 1) the Fire Emissions Trade-off Model (FETM), 2) sequential use of the SIMPPLLE and MAGIS models, 3) the Vegetation Dynamics Development Tool (VDDT), and 4) the LANDscape Succession Model (LANDSUM). We simulated 3 fuel treatments over 50 years: 1) no action, 2) prescribed burning in ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir types at 2 different rates, and 3) timber harvesting that returns the stand to a reproduction stage. Simulation results for all models suggested that the acreage of Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine types would not be appreciably altered by the fuel treatments. Most models suggested the harvest treatment would reduce area burned by wildfire and smoke emissions; some models suggested the prescribed fire treatment would reduce wildfire acreage. All models suggested that the harvest treatment would reduce acreage of pole-size trees; some models suggested the fire treatment would increase acreage of sapling-size trees.
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Weise, D.R., Kimberlin, R., Arbaugh, M., Chew, J., Jones, G., Merzenich, J., Witala, M., Keane, R., Schaff, M., and van Wagtendonk, J., 2003, Comparing potential fuel treatment trade-off models: Systems Analysis in Forest Resources., p. 15-26, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0307-9_2.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Comparing potential fuel treatment trade-off models |
| Series title | Systems Analysis in Forest Resources. |
| DOI | 10.1007/978-94-017-0307-9_2 |
| Year Published | 2003 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Contributing office(s) | Western Ecological Research Center |
| Description | 12 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Book |
| Larger Work Subtype | Conference publication |
| Larger Work Title | Systems analysis in forest resources |
| First page | 15 |
| Last page | 26 |
| Conference Title | Eighth Symposium |
| Conference Location | Snowmass Village, Colorado, United States |
| Conference Date | September 27-30, 2000 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Montana |
| Other Geospatial | Bitterroot National Forest |