Hypothesis A
Because thinning reduces fuels, it
also
reduces
fire movement and severity.”
we can assess how the fire traveled through these
four thinned and unthinned stand types
Four LTEP treatments (two were
replicated) offer evidence on thinning-fire
interactions:
Underburn in 2001
Late, lo-wood
Control, no-action
Because we know the conditions before the 2002 Biscuit
Fire,
Late, underburned
Stands were similar in 1995 before the LTEP treatments
Thin, +/- woody debris
Leave untouched
Experimental LTEP treatments applied in 1996:
A.
HOME
Late-succession, +/- woody debris
Late, hi-wood
Late-succession,
lo-wood,
under-burned
in 2001