Pacific Northwest Research Station

Title: Fuels and fire in land-management planning. Part 1. Forest-fuel classification.

Author: Maxwell, Wayne G.; Ward, Franklin R.

Date: 1981

Source: Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-131. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 12 p

Station ID: GTR-PNW-131

Description: This report describes a way to collect and classify the total fuel complex within a planning area. The information can be used as input for appraising and rating probable fire behavior and calculating expected costs and losses from various land uses and management alternatives, reported separately as Part 2 and Part 3 of this series. This total package can be used locally for fire management and as input to the land management planning process.

Keywords: Fuels inventory, land management, management planning (forest)

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Maxwell, Wayne G.; Ward, Franklin R.  1981.  Fuels and fire in land-management planning. Part 1. Forest-fuel classification. .   Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-131. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 12 p.