Cumulative Watershed Effects of Fuel Management in the Western United States (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781506139647)

Fire suppression in the last century has resulted in forests with excessive amounts of biomass, leading to more severe wildfires, covering greater areas, requiring more resources for suppression and mitigation, and causing increased onsite and offsite damage to forests and watersheds. Forest managers are now attempting to reduce this accumulated biomass by thinning, prescribed fire, and other management activities. These activities will impact watershed health, particularly as larger areas are treated and treatment activities become more widespread in space and in time. Management needs, laws, social pressures, and legal findings have underscored a need to synthesize what we know about the cumulative watershed effects of fuel management activities.

Author: United States Department of Agriculture
ISBN-10: 1506139647
ISBN-13: 9781506139647
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 02/13/2015
Pages: 306
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.57lbs
Size: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.64d