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Treatment objectives?• Reduce the risk of crown fire• Improve suppression effectiveness• Reduce undesirable fire effects
Why mastication?• Mechanical treatment alternative where treeremoval is not feasible• More cost effective than hand-treating• Avoids air quality issues associated withprescribed burning• Pre-treatment necessary to safely apply aprescribed underburn
Page 1 and 2: Fire Behavior and Fire Effects ofMa
Page 3: What is mastication?• Removes lad
Page 7 and 8: Are managers concerned?Sequoia NF r
Page 9 and 10: Time for a study!• USFS Adaptive
Page 11: Project objectivesInformation neede
Page 14 and 15: Study design• Random block design
Page 16 and 17: Plot LayoutPlot 1 Plot 2 Plot 3 Plo
Page 18 and 19: Plot detailMasticated fuel quadrats
Page 20: Plot detailMasticated fuel quadrats
Page 23 and 24: MasticationImplemented Late Summer/
Page 25 and 26: Mastication• Masticated material
Page 27 and 28: Fire Behavior Measurements• Video
Page 29 and 30: Prescribed underburnImplemented Dec
Page 31 and 32: Prescribed underburnImplemented Dec
Page 33 and 34: Data analysis• Site specific regr
Page 35 and 36: ResultsSurface and Canopy FuelsDept
Page 37 and 38: ResultsCanopy FuelsStatus(Year)Trea
Page 39 and 40: ResultsPrescribed Fire Behavior Mea
Page 41 and 42: ResultsPrescribed Fire Behavior Mea
Page 43 and 44: ResultsPost-underburn fire effectsT
Page 45 and 46: ResultsPredicted Wildfire Fire Beha
Page 47 and 48: ResultsPredicted Wildfire Fire Effe
Page 49 and 50: What’s next?• Will summarize lo
Page 51: Mastication and Prescribed Fire Eff

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