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Forecasting Fine Fuels In The Intermountain West Rangelands, Mira Ensley-Field
Forecasting Fine Fuels In The Intermountain West Rangelands, Mira Ensley-Field
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The objective of this thesis project was to develop a fine fuels forecast to help fire managers anticipate spatial variation in fuel loads before the start of the fire season. In Chapter 1 we compile and analyze the methodologies of the historical record of fine fuel loads reported to the Great Basin Coordination Center. Based on our data analysis, we developed a series of recommendations for improving the methods used to sample fine fuels in the future as well as more broad ideas for how land managers can use emerging technologies to more effectively monitor fine fuels. In Chapter 2, …