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Research PartnershipsTahoe Science Projects supported by SNPLMADeveloping FCCS Fuelbeds for the Angora Fire RegionThe Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team (FERA) of the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station will be collaborating with the Pacific Southwest Region to develop a set of past, current, and future fuelbeds for the Angora Fire region using a new tool called the Fuel Characteristic Classification System (FCCS). The system will provide fuel characteristics; carbon accounting; surface fire, crown fire and available fuel potentials; and fire behavior calculations under various weather scenarios for each fuelbed developed. Following assignment of the fuelbeds to the Angora Fire landscape, levels of fire risk, smoke/pollutant production, carbon gain or loss, and threats or benefits to other resources will then be compared among the various treatment alternatives considered by the Interdisciplinary Team and Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit vegetation and fuels management staff. This will improve the planning of restoration projects and serve as a common platform of communication among managers, decisionmakers, and the public. Full title: Developing FCCS Fuelbeds for the Angora Fire Region Proposal [pdf] Lead Researchers: Roger Ottmar, Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Lab and Hugh Safford, U.S. Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region Goals
Timeframe: August 2008 through December 31, 2009 (1.5 years) Products
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