2015 Research Brief
Description
The Southwest U.S. Mechanically Treated Chaparral Photo Series is a series of 55 photographs that display a range of fuel loadings across mechanically masticated and crushed chaparral that were treated on the Angeles, Cleveland, Los Padres and San Bernardino national forests of southern California between 2004 and 2010. Accurate, complete fuels data are critical for making fuel management decisions and for predicting fire behavior and fire effects. This photo series will allow fire and natural resource managers to quickly quantify fuel and vegetation properties by comparing on-site conditions to the series of photos showing a range of calculated fuel loads within natural and mechanically treated chaparral that varied in age and dominant species type.
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Contact
Jon E. Keeley, jon_keeley@usgs.gov
Marti Witter, marti_witter@nps.gov
Liz van Mantgem, evanmantgem@usgs.gov
Additional Information
Brennan, T. J. and J. E. Keeley. 2015. Effect of mastication and other mechanical treatments on fuel structure in chaparral. International Journal of Wildland Fire.