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Research PartnershipsTahoe Science Projects supported by SNPLMAForest Fuels and Vegetation ManagementClearcutting during the Comstock era, followed by decades of fire suppression, caused the condition of Tahoe forests to become denser and less resistant to severe wildfire. Development of homes and communities has created a large wildland urban interface that is vulnerable to wildfire. That vulnerability was recently demonstrated by the Angora wildfire in 2007, which was economically the most destructive fire to occur in the Tahoe basin to date. Forest treatments to reduce wildfire hazards, including prescribed burning, are being planned and implemented throughout the Basin. Research is examining the effects of both wildfires and fuel treatments (including, understory burns, pile burning, thinning, and mastication) on forest health, wildlife, water quality, air quality, and other values. Vegetation management research is considering not only wildfire and fuel treatments, but also diseases, insects, and climate change. Current Research ProjectsSilvicultural prescriptions to restore forest health Integrated decision support for cost effective fuel treatments under multiple resource goals Effects of pile burning in the Tahoe basin on soil and water quality Biodiversity response to burn intensity and post-fire restoration Effectiveness of upland fuel reduction treatments Developing fuel characteristic classification system fuelbeds for the Angora fire region Balancing fuel reduction, soil exposure, and erosion potential Identifying reference forest conditions Predicting nutrient and sediment loading from prescribed fire using WEPP Modeling influence of management on wildfire under future climatic conditions Nutrient emissions from prescribed fire Effects of prescribed fires in California State Parks |
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