 |
 |
 |
| Small diameter surface
fuel will be removed during the prescribed burn. |
Canopy cover and
structural diversity has been modified. Fire resilience
and biodiversity may be improved with the increased
sunlight now able to reach the forest floor. |
Large diameter ponderosa
pine have been preserved and because of their increased
growing space and the resulting reduction in intertree
competition they will be able to grow more quickly. |
 |
|
 |
| The open conditions will
result in more sunlight reaching the forest floor
providing for greater vegetation diversity. |
|
Large woody debris was
maintained in some locations. |
 |
 |
 |
| In some locations the
existing forest condition with heavy white fir mortality
resulted in fairly open conditions after the restoration
treatment. |
Small diameter white fir
that were not removed during the mechanical treatment
could be removed during the prescribed burn. |
Fuel ladders have been
reduced. Ground fuels, some of which existed prior to
mechanical harvest, will be reduced with prescribed fire. |