Can landscape fuel treatments enhance both protection and resource management objectives?
A virtual lecture presented by
Kevin Vogler
Spatial Wildfire Analyst with Pyrologix LLC
Monday, October 18, 11:00 AM-12:00 PM Pacific
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Abstract: Land management agencies in the U.S. Departments of Interior and Agriculture can potentially accomplish ecological resource management objectives using unplanned wildfires, but only if such fires do not otherwise threaten to damage valuable resources and assets. Landscape-scale fuel treatments have been proposed as a strategy for mitigating the threat of wildfire to resources and assets. But what is the best way to implement landscape-scale fuel management? Is there a single fuel treatment implementation scheme that can both provide protection to communities, and simultaneously increase the opportunities for using wildfire to accomplish resource management objectives?
In this webinar, we will present results from a simulation study of the southern Sierra Nevada that investigated the relative effectiveness of a variety of fuel treatment strategies and the tradeoffs of implementing fuels programs with competing management goals.
Bio: Kevin Vogler is a Spatial Wildfire Analyst with Pyrologix LLC. He earned a B.S. in Environmental Science from the State University of New York at Oneonta and an M.S. in Forest Resources from Oregon State University College of Forestry. His past research work includes developing methods for fuel treatment prioritization, logging and transportation cost analysis, forest growth and yield modeling, and biomass/carbon assessment. His wildfire and silvicultural modeling expertise are grounded in previous field positions, collecting data on first-order fire effects and wildfire disturbance history, as well as working on prescribed fire assignments in nine different states.
