Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Fire-Fuel Mitigation
Project Title: Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Fire-Fuel Mitigation
Project Sponsor: Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR)
Principal Investigators: Andrew Sanchez Meador (NAU), Salli Dymond (NAU), Andi Thode (NAU)
Collaborators: Seth Munson (USGS), Rachel Loehman (USGS), Dave Huffman (ERI), Tyson Swetnam (UofA), Luke McGuire (UofA), Anne Youberg (AGS)
Project Manager: Meagan Dryer
Graduate Students: Emily White (MS), Nathan Beine (MS), Reese Crebbin (MS)
Undergraduate Students: Amariz Ochoa, Grace Lechowski
Funding Total: $900,000
Project Location: State of Arizona
Project Summary: This collaborative project between NAU, U of A, and USGS team will improve fine-scale fuels mapping capabilities by 1) engaging managers to identify critical fuels information needs; 2) designing and collecting targeted local fuels data in past and ongoing fuels reduction treatment areas and other critical areas using field and terrestrial lidar scanning data; 3) assimilating local, regional and national datasets into a comprehensive fuels modeling framework to produce new fuels maps; which can then be used to 4) analyze potential wildfire behavior and subsequent flood risks; and 5) simulate strategic fuels reduction (surface and ladder fuels) treatments that marry effective fire risk mitigation and improvement of watershed integrity and ecosystem resilience.
Project Sponsor: Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR)
Principal Investigators: Andrew Sanchez Meador (NAU), Salli Dymond (NAU), Andi Thode (NAU)
Collaborators: Seth Munson (USGS), Rachel Loehman (USGS), Dave Huffman (ERI), Tyson Swetnam (UofA), Luke McGuire (UofA), Anne Youberg (AGS)
Project Manager: Meagan Dryer
Graduate Students: Emily White (MS), Nathan Beine (MS), Reese Crebbin (MS)
Undergraduate Students: Amariz Ochoa, Grace Lechowski
Funding Total: $900,000
Project Location: State of Arizona
Project Summary: This collaborative project between NAU, U of A, and USGS team will improve fine-scale fuels mapping capabilities by 1) engaging managers to identify critical fuels information needs; 2) designing and collecting targeted local fuels data in past and ongoing fuels reduction treatment areas and other critical areas using field and terrestrial lidar scanning data; 3) assimilating local, regional and national datasets into a comprehensive fuels modeling framework to produce new fuels maps; which can then be used to 4) analyze potential wildfire behavior and subsequent flood risks; and 5) simulate strategic fuels reduction (surface and ladder fuels) treatments that marry effective fire risk mitigation and improvement of watershed integrity and ecosystem resilience.
