Upper Feather River Watershed

Constraints on mechanized treatment significantly limit mechanical fuels reduction extent in the Sierra Nevada

With air quality, liability, and safety concerns, prescribed burning and managed wildfire are often considered impractical treatments for extensive fuels reduction in western US forests. For California’s Sierra Nevada forests, we evaluated the alternative and analyzed the amount and distribution of constraints on mechanical fuels treatments on USDA Forest Service land. With the use of current standards and guides, feedback from practicing silviculturists, and GIS databases, we developed a hierarchy of biological (i.e., nonproductive forest), legal (i.e., wilderness), operational (i.e., equipment access), and administrative (i.e., sensitive species and riparian areas) constraints. (continued)

2016-08-17

North, M., et al. 2015. Journal of Forestry 113(1) pp 40–48

Global or not applicable

Forest Plan, Fuels Management, Mixed-Conifer, Wildfire

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