Research Article
Integrating Fire Behavior Models and Geospatial Analysis for Wildland Fire Risk Assessment and Fuel Management Planning
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Example carbon calculations from ArcFuels for analyzing carbon impacts of fuel treatments. The Forest Vegetation Simulator with the Fire and Fuels Extension is used to simulate a fuel treatment and wildfire, and the resulting carbon pools are compared to the same stand without a treatment. It is in this example that harvesting residue is burned on the site and thus contributes to emissions. The carbon balance determines whether the treatment could potentially contribute a carbon offset. Data are for stand 451 in the Mt. Emily study area.
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