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Seeing red: New tools for mapping and understanding fire severity

From the Rocky Mountain Research Station:

Large, severe fires are ecologically and socially important because they have lasting effects on vegetation and soils, can potentially threaten people and property, and can be costly to manage. The goals of the Fire Severity Mapping Project (FIRESEV), which covers lands in the continental western United States, are to understand where and why fires burn severely, and to give fire managers, fire ecologists, and natural resource managers tools to assess severity before, during, and after a wildfire. FIRESEV has produced a suite of tools for a wide range of fire management applications, including real-time forecasts and assessments in wildfire situations, post-wildfire rehabilitation efforts, and long-term planning.

Read the brief here.

Read the original research here.

Posted by:
Gloria Edwards
Published on:
April 9, 2020

Categories: Maps, Models, and Apps, Publication, Research Brief/SynthesisTags: Fire Ecology & Effects, fire management, fire-adapted communities and fire response, high-severity wildfire, landscape restoration and resilience, Model/Tool/Technology, pre-fire risk assessment, Rocky Mountain Research Station, social wildfire effects, wildfire, wildfire risk mitigation

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