2017 Research Brief
Description
Two recent studies reviewed here, have addressed the question of what distance into fuel treatments fire needs to travel before fire severity is diminished.
Contact
Amarina Wuenschel, amarinawuenschel@fs.fed.us
Additional Information
Kennedy, M. C., and M. C. Johnson. 2014. Fuel treatment prescriptions alter spatial patterns of fire severity around the wildland–urban interface during the Wallow Fire, Arizona, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 318:122–132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2014.01.014
Safford, H. D., J. T. Stevens, K. Merriam, M. D. Meyer, and A.M. Latimer. 2012. Fuel treatment effectiveness in California yellow pine and mixed conifer forests. Forest Ecology and Management 274:17–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2012.02.013