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Historical and current forest landscapes in Eastern Oregon and Washington. Part 2. Linking vegetation characteristics to potential fire behavior and related smoke production

Creator:

Huff, Mark H., Ottmar, Roger D., Alvarado, Ernesto, Vinnanek, Robert E., Lehmkuhl, John F., Hessburg, Paul F., and Everett, Richard L.

Abstract:

We compared the potential fire behavior and smoke production of historical and current time periods based on vegetative conditions in forty-nine 5100- to 13 500-hectare watersheds in six river basins in eastern Oregon and Washington. Vegetation composition, structure, and patterns were attributed and mapped from aerial photographs taken from 1932...

Resource Type:

Technical Report