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Planning Resources

The following is a list of resources which may be potentially beneficial in the strategic planning of fuels management.

Websites and Newsletters
Revegetation Equipment Catalog - This website has information on the various types of equipment used in restoration along with links to companies and dealers that sell the equipment. This project was done cooperatively by the USFS Rocky Mtn Research Station, Great Basin Restoration Initiative, and the Rangeland Technology Equipment Council. The work was funded via the Native Plant Initiative's "Great Basin Native Plant Selection and Increase Project".
Joint Fire Science Program Newsletter- Monthly newsletters released by JFSP on their current project highlights.
Fire Learning Network Dispatch- This publication is released by The Nature Conservancy. It is a monthly newsletter to share highlights and lessons learned from the FLN.
Western Great Basin Fuels Website - Includes information about Live Fuel Moisture such as each LFM and 1000Hr site by Office. Also has some very good historical data graphs.
Southwest Area Sampling Guide -
Strategic Placement Of n Treatments (SPOTS) -The Strategic Placement Of TreatmentS” or “SPOTS” project is a national interagency, interdisciplinary, collaborative, landscape-scale planning approach centered around fuel treatment design to address problem fire threat .
Rocky Mountain Center - Has the capability of providing input weather files of forecast data for the FARSITE and FlamMap fire behavior models. Users can get .WTR and .WND input files for these models for any location in the West. The files can be used to predict the likely spread and intensity of wildfires up to 72 hours in advance.
The Chaparralian - focused on the research conducted over the past 3 years concerning the 2003 Cedar fire in San Diego, California in addition to:Jim Hart’s view of the Fire Ecology Congress held in San Diego and the status of nature these days; -a memorial to the five USFS firefighters lost in the recent Esperanza fire; a view of the Cedar fire from one of the fire’s Incident Commanders; another perspective on fires in the southern Sierra Nevada; a new book on how to manage the onslaught of emails. More information also at www.californiachaparral.org.

Scientific Literature and Studies
Stabilization of Plant Communities After Integrated Picloram and Fire Treatments - Study by Peter Rice and Mick Harrington to determine if we should burn and spray OR spray and burn to optimize fire benefits and weed control. Also great info on whether weed spraying shifts a plant community toward or away from Potential Natural Community as defined by Muggler and Stewart.
Ecological Science Relevant to Management Policies for Fire-prone Forests of the Western United States- A summary and background report identifying key findings relevant to ecological science as related to current natural resource management policies.
The Public and Wildland Fire Management: Social Science Findings for Managers - A new manager oriented publication on people and fire is now available which presents key social science findings from three National Fire Plan-sponsored research projects.

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