Approach
Protect cold upland subalpine forests by restoring forests at lower elevations, thus reducing spread of large crown fires
Tactics
- Create targeted fuel breaks at strategic landscape locations
- Thin dry forests to densities low enough to reduce fire intensity and spread
Sensitivity
Citation
Halofsky, J.E.; Peterson, D.L., eds. (2017). Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the Blue Mountains. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-939. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station.