This report provides managers with the current state of knowledge regarding the effectiveness of fuel treatments for mitigating severe wildfire effects. A literature review examines the effectiveness of fuel treatments that had been previously applied and were subsequently burned through by wildfire in forests and rangelands. A case study focuses on WUI fuel treatments that were burned in the 2007 East Zone and Cascade megafires in central Idaho. Both the literature review and case study results support a manager consensus that forest thinning followed by some form of slash removal is most effective for reducing subsequent wildfire severity.
| Author: United States Department of Agriculture |
| Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Publication Date: Feb 14, 2015 |
| Number of Pages: 66 pages |
| Binding: Paperback or Softback |
| ISBN-10: 1506142141 |
| ISBN-13: 9781506142142 |