Title:

Data to support evaluation of fuel treatment effectiveness in the 2006 Tripod Complex fires

Author(s):

Prichard, Susan J.; Peterson, David L.

Publication Year:

2015

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Prichard, Susan J.; Peterson, David L. 2015. Data to support evaluation of fuel treatment effectiveness in the 2006 Tripod Complex fires. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2015-0017

Abstract:

The 2006 Tripod Complex fires burned over 70,000 hectares of dry mixed conifer forests in north-central Washington state. Recent fuel treatments burned in the wildfire offered an opportunity to quantitatively evaluate if fuel treatment effectively mitigated fire severity. We quantified the relative effect of two common fuel treatments: mechanical thinning only and mechanical thinning followed by prescribed burning. Data collected included standard fuels transect and tree parameters, including tree height, crown and bole scorch, species, and diameter.

Keywords:

bark beetles; crown scorch; Pinus ponderosa; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Joint Fire Science Program; JFSP; biota; environment; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Landscape ecology; Fire; Fire ecology; Washington; Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest

Related publications:

• Prichard, Susan J.; Peterson, David L. Unpublished material. Do fuel treatments reduce fire severity? Evaluating treatment effectiveness in the 2006 Tripod Complex fires. 2010 Final Report to the Joint Fire Science Program, Project #07-1-2-13. 28 pages(available through full data publication download). https://www.firescience.gov/projects/07-1-2-13/project/07-1-2-13_prichard_finalreport_march2010.pdf
• Prichard, Susan J.; Peterson, David L.; Jacobson, Kyle. 201008. Fuel treatments reduce the severity of wildfire effects in dry mixed conifer forest, Washington, USA. Canadian Journal of Forest Resources . 40(8). Pages 1615-1626. https://doi.org/10.1139/X10-109
• Prichard, Susan J.; Kennedy, Maureen. 2012. Fuel treatment effects on tree mortality following wildfire in dry mixed conifer forests, Washington State, USA. International Journal of Wildland Fire . 21(8). Pages 1004-1013. https://doi.org/10.1071/WF11121
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