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Comprehensive Fuels Treatment Practices Guide for Mixed Conifer Forests: California, Central and Southern Rockies, and the Southwest

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The goal of this guide is to provide a resource for managers of mixed conifer forests of the Southwestern plateaus and uplands, the Central and Southern Rocky Mountains, the Sierra Nevada, and the Transverse and Peninsular Ranges in Southern California. Mixed conifer forests have different species, structures, and spatial patterns in these regions but, in general, we focus on forests with a mix of ponderosa or Jeffrey pine, Douglas-fir, true firs, and aspen. The guide includes a comprehensive review of historic conditions, past land use, natural fire regimes, impacts of altered fire regimes, and future prospects, given climate change, for mixed conifer forests. The second half of the guide addresses fuels treatment objectives, techniques, barriers, and successes across a range of ownerships.

Image Source: University of California Agriculture

Posted by:
Gloria Edwards
Published on:
June 6, 2017

Categories: Research Brief/SynthesisTags: all regions, Climate & Fire, climate change, climate change adaptation, Fire Ecology & Effects, Fire History, fire management, fire management history, fire regime, fire-adapted communities and fire response, fuels, Fuels & Fuel Treatments, fuels heterogeneity, fuels management and effectiveness, fuels treatments, mixed-conifer forest

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