Lisa, The BLM does an excellent job of making their spatial data available. It would be quite easy to overlay fuels treatments with subsequent wildfires and to find unburned comparison areas on the same ecological sites (NRCS SSURGO data).
Much of the BLM data is on SageMap http://sagemap.wr.usgs.gov/ The Winnemucca, NV office of the BLM is a leader in making BLM fuels treatment, fire, and fire rehab data, including cost data, available to the public. Terri Barton is the whiz behind it all in Winnemucca. Cindy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “…a crisis is a point in a story, a moment in a narrative, that presents an opportunity for characters to think their way through a problem.” -- Jon Gertner, The Future is Drying Up; NY Times, 21 Oct 2007 Cindy Salo 208.850.3313 [email protected] [email protected] P.O. Box 9155 Boise ID 83707-3315 Scientist, Sound Science, LLC - http://www.sound-science.org President & Chief Scientist, Sage Ecosystem Science - http://www.sageecosci.com Founder & Webmaster, Boise Nonfiction Writers - http://www.sageecosci.com/Writers.html Treasurer, Society for Range Management, Idaho Section - http://www.stoller-eser.com/idaho_srm.htmMy Blog: Sagebrush and Spuds - http://sagebrushandspuds.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --- On Sun, 11/22/09, Lisa Ellsworth <[email protected]> wrote: From: Lisa Ellsworth <[email protected]> Subject: [ECOLOG-L] information on wildfires in fuels reduction treatment areas To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, November 22, 2009, 11:37 AM Aloha all - I am looking for information on wildfires that burned in areas which had been treated with fuels reduction methods. Specifically, I am interested in doing an economic analysis of the costs of wildfire in treated vs. untreated areas. If you know of any fuels treatment areas which have burned, I would much appreciate any information. Many thanks, Lisa Ellsworth Lisa M Ellsworth Natural Resources and Environmental Management University of Hawaii 1910 East-West Road Honolulu, HI 96822 Lab: 808-956-6875 Cell: 808-927-4180 "May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds." Edward Abbey (1927 - 1989)
