Longer-term impacts of fuels reduction treatments in the Lake Tahoe Basin: Research Brief

Forests in the study area were impacted by long-established fire exclusion and early timber harvesting. Employing a robust before-after-control-impact (BACI) study design, researchers assessed how thinning in forests altered forest structural conditions in the short- and longer-term.

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Low, K.E., B.M. Collins, A. Bernal, J.E. Sanders, D. Pastor, P. Manley, A.M. White, S.L. Stephens. 2021. Longer-term impacts of fuels reduction treatments on forest structure, fuels, and drought resistance in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Forest Ecology and Management 497: 118609.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118609