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Analytical Results, Draft RMP/EIS
Prepared by: Jena Volpe
Resource Management Plans for Western Oregon
Fire and Fuels
1
Respond to wildfires in a manner that provides for public and
firefighter safety while meeting land management objectives
by utilizing the full range of fire management options.
•
Actively manage the land to restore and maintain resilience of
ecosystems to wildfire and decrease the risk of uncharacteristic
large high-intensity/severity wildfires.
•
Manage fuels to reduce wildfire hazard, risk, and negative
impacts to communities and infrastructure, landscapes,
ecosystems, and highly valued resources.
•
Build capacity, in partnership with local, State, and Federal
stakeholders, to reduce the risks and threats from wildland fire
within the communities bordering Federal lands
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Fire and Fuels Objectives:
Common to all Alternatives
2
Biomass
Removal
Mechanical
Reduction
Prescribed Fire
1,161
1,802
1,750
0
11,167
208
Klamath Falls
5,443
6,790
30,605
Medford
1,190
18,193
84,561
Roseburg
0
2,313
3,657
Salem
0
4,013
438
District/Field Office
Coos Bay
Eugene
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Total acres treated by treatment type and District (2003-2012)
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Natural Hazardous Fuel Treatments
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Important variables:
– size of Harvest Land Base and
– timber management type and intensity
Influence:
• Vegetation structure
• Fire resilience
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While the approach to Fire and Fuels Management
is Common to All Alternatives
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Effects to Fire and fuels
• Fire resistance
• Fire risk
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− Fire Resilience
− Fire Resistance
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Dry Forest - Interior/south
(Roseburg, Medford, Klamath
Falls)
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Analytic Scale
5
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Analytic Results:
Fire Resilience
Percent of Fire Resistance
Categories
100%
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80%
60%
Low
Moderate
Mixed
High
40%
20%
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Stand-level fire resistance to replacement fire in 50 years for
the interior/south.
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Analytic Results:
Fire Resistance
0%
Current
Condition
NAA
ALTA
ALTB
ALTC
ALTD
7
− Fire Risk
Wildland Developed
Wildfire Potential
Residual Activity Fuel
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Entire Decision Space
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Analytic Scale
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Alternative
NAA
A
Very High
High
Moderate
Low
B
C
D
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40,000
80,000
120,000
Acres
160,000
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Activity fuel risk, interior/south, decadal average 2013-2063.
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Analytic Results:
Fire Risk
200,000
9