Title:

Central Washington Initiative: Potential Operational Delineations terrestrial laser scan data, 2024

Author(s):

Niemczyk, Vanessa L.; Cansler, C. Alina; Hogland, John S.; Brown, Kevin C.; Cole, Jason A.; Balkind, Mikaela; Bendixen, Nicole M.; Burgess, Margaret A.; Cook, Jacob H.; Jerebets, Marta S.; Payne, Irenee C.; Wall, William M.; Loudermilk, E. Louise; O'Connor, Christopher D.; Gallagher, Michael R.

Publication Year:

2025

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Niemczyk, Vanessa L.; Cansler, C. Alina; Hogland, John S.; Brown, Kevin C.; Cole, Jason A.; Balkind, Mikaela; Bendixen, Nicole M.; Burgess, Margaret A.; Cook, Jacob H.; Jerebets, Marta S.; Payne, Irenee C.; Wall, William M.; Loudermilk, E. Louise; O'Connor, Christopher D.; Gallagher, Michael R. 2025. Central Washington Initiative: Potential Operational Delineations terrestrial laser scan data, 2024. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2025-0048

Abstract:

This data publication contains remotely sensed (terrestrial laser scanning [TLS]) data collected to characterize forest fuels within the Central Washington Initiative (CWI) along Potential Operational Delineation (POD) boundaries. A total of 304 TLS scans, were collected during the summer of 2024 with a Leica BLK 360 (Gen 2) sensor. Two study areas within the CWI were established, one in the north (near the Methow Valley, dominated by dry-mixed conifer forest) and one in the south (near Cle Elm and Teanaway, characterized by a moist-mixed conifer forest). Each of the 304 plots were placed within 300 meters of a POD boundary across a distribution that matched the forest structure of each region, as determined from existing available airborne laser scanning data. This package also includes a file that lists each CWI plot and details such as plot location and date of scan.

Keywords:

biota; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Ecology; Fire; Fire ecology; Fire suppression, pre-suppression; Wildland/urban interface; Inventory, Monitoring, & Analysis; Biometrics; Natural Resource Management & Use; Forest management; terrestrial laser scan; TLS; Leica BLK360; forest inventory; fuels; potential operational delineations; POD; potential control locations; PCL; forest monitoring; Washington; Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest; Teanaway Community Forest; Central Washington Initiative; CWI; Methow Valley; Teanaway; Cle Elum

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