Stephens
& Menning
Plumas Lassen Administrative Study
March 31,
2006
Methods: Fire Modeling
1.Calculate ground and surface fuel loads
(van Wagtendonk
1996, 1998; Menning 2003)
2.Calculate crown bulk density (Stephens
1998)
3.Create fuel model (map) for
landscape
4.Model landscape fire behavior with
FARSITE and
FlamMap (Finney 1996-2004)
5.Evaluate landscape fire
effects—mortality by species and size class (Stephens and Finney 2002)