PNW Research in Support of the National Fire Plan

• Summary of 2002 Funded Proposals
• Summary of 2001 Funded Proposals
  
  
• Projects Funded in 2002

  02.PNW.B.1 -- Response of Native and Invasive Exotic Plants to Fire, Fire Recovery, and Fuel Reduction Treatments in the Interior Pacific Northwest (Parks)
  Most Recent Accomplishment Report [.pdf]

02.PNW.C.1 -- Financial Analysis and Processing Options for Hazardous Fuel Reduction Integrated with Silviculture, Harvesting, and Evaluation of Business Opportunities (Barbour)
Most Recent Accomplishment Report ][.pdf]

• Projects Funded in 2001

01.PNW.A.1 -- Smoke Modeling Framework for Real-Time Prediction of Fire Hazard and Severity, Air Pollutant Emissions, Transport, and Dispersion from Wildland Fires and Prescribed Fires ("BlueSky") (Ferguson)
Most Recent Accomplishment Report [.pdf]
Ongoing Research

01.PNW.A.2 -- Estimating Natural and Anthropogenic Sources of Visibility Impairment and Regional Haze from Prescribed and Wildland Fires (Sandberg) -- formerly PNW-2
Most Recent Accomplishment Report [.pdf]
Ongoing Research

01.PNW.A.3-- MAPSS-Based Seasonal Prediction of National Fire Risks and Impacts (Neilson)
Most Recent Accomplishment Report [.pdf]
Ongoing Research

01.PNW.A.4 --Fuel Moisture Mapping and Combustion Limits: Mechanistic Models, Remote Sensing, and Mapping of Fuel Moisture and Combustion Potential for All Fuelbeds in the United States (Sandberg)
Most Recent Accomplishment Report [.pdf]
Ongoing Research

01.PNW.B.1 -- Predicting Potential Invasion and Spread of Invasive Species Following Fuel Reduction Treatments and Post-Fire Disturbance in the Interior Columbia River Basin (DePuit)
Most Recent Accomplishment Report [.pdf]

01.PNW.C.1 -- Ground-based Support for Fuel and Fire Hazard Mapping to Implement Treatment Strategies at the National, Regional, and Local Scale (Ottmar)
Most Recent Accomplishment Report [.pdf]
Ongoing Research

01.PNW.C.2-- Fuel Reduction and Forest Restoration Strategies that also Sustain Key Habitats, Species, and Ecological Processes in Fire-Prone Ecosystems in the Interior Northwest (Lehmkuhl)
Most Recent Accomplishment Report [.pdf]

Overview of PNW Station Fire Research

Other PNW Fire Research Not Supported by the National Fire Plan

"Postfire Logging: Is It Beneficial to a Forest?"
October 2002 PNW Science Findings publication [.pdf]. Includes profile of Jim McIver and Roger Ottmar..

"When the Forest Burns: Making Sense of fire History West of the Cascades" -- September 2002 PNW Science Findings publication [.pdf]. Includes profile of Fred Swanson.

"Fire Risks in East-Side Forests" -- September 2002 science update publication (.pdf)

"Benefits of Hindsight: Reestablishing Fire on the Landscape" -- August 2001 science finding publication (.pdf). Includes profiles of scientists Ann Camp, Richard Everett, and John Lehmkuhl

Other Links

"Fire Policy Today" -- Fall 2001 issue of Fire Management Today magazine (.pdf). Includes review and update of 1995 Federal Wildland Fire Managment Policy.

Documents

USDA Forest Service National Fire Plan Research and Development 2003 Business Summary
in two parts
Part A [.pdf 1.97 MB] | Part B [.pdf 1.95 MB]

National Fire Plan Research and Development 2002 Business Summary
http://ncrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/misc/NFPR2002.pdf [4.3 Mb]

Fire Policy and Reports, Programs, and Priorities
http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/management/
This page contains links to all the major fire policy documents.

Protecting People and Sustaining Resources in Fire-Adapted Ecosystems: A Cohesive Strategy http://www.fs.fed.us/publications/2000/cohesive_strategy10132000.pdf

A Collaborative Approach for Reducing Wildland Fire Risks to Communities and the Environment: 10-Year Comprehensive Strategy
http://www.fireplan.gov/content/reports/?ReportID=7&LanguageID=1

Links to Other National Fire Plan Pages

National Fire Plan
http://www.fireplan.gov

Research Stations

Rocky Mountain Research Station
http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/main/fire_plan/index.html

Southern Research Station
http://www.srs.fs.fed.us/fireplan/response.htm

Disturbance Economics Research Team, Southern Research Station
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/econ/dert/

Northcentral Research Station
http://www.ncrs.fs.fed.us/fire/index.html

National Forest Regions

Rocky Mountain Region (R2)
http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/nfp/

Southwestern Region (R3)
http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/resources/fire/fireplan/index.htm