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Fuel Reduction Management Practices in Riparian Areas of the Western USA

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  • Katharine R. Stone

    (U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station)

  • David S. Pilliod

    (U.S. Geological Survey, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center)

  • Kathleen A. Dwire

    (U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station)

  • Charles C. Rhoades

    (U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station)

  • Sherry P. Wollrab

    (U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station)

  • Michael K. Young

    (U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station)

Abstract

Two decades of uncharacteristically severe wildfires have caused government and private land managers to actively reduce hazardous fuels to lessen wildfire severity in western forests, including riparian areas. Because riparian fuel treatments are a fairly new management strategy, we set out to document their frequency and extent on federal lands in the western U.S. Seventy-four USDA Forest Service Fire Management Officers (FMOs) in 11 states were interviewed to collect information on the number and characteristics of riparian fuel reduction treatments in their management district. Just under half of the FMOs surveyed (43%) indicated that they were conducting fuel reduction treatments in riparian areas. The primary management objective listed for these projects was either fuel reduction (81%) or ecological restoration and habitat improvement (41%), though multiple management goals were common (56%). Most projects were of small extent (93%

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  • Katharine R. Stone & David S. Pilliod & Kathleen A. Dwire & Charles C. Rhoades & Sherry P. Wollrab & Michael K. Young, 2010. "Fuel Reduction Management Practices in Riparian Areas of the Western USA," Environmental Management, Springer, vol. 46(1), pages 91-100, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:envman:v:46:y:2010:i:1:d:10.1007_s00267-010-9501-7
    DOI: 10.1007/s00267-010-9501-7
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