DB Cooper fuel reduction demonstration project decision memo
Date
2008-04
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Abstract
The fuels reduction treatment would include removing smaller diameter trees and reducing the
overlap of overstory trees to 45 percent canopy cover; reducing ladder fuels to lower the
probability of torching and crowning; and either piling and burning or mechanically treating
fuels with methods such as slash busting or grinding. A second entry of pile burning would
reduce the fuel loadings to approximately 10 tons per acre and reduce the fire hazard to a
moderate/low category.
Description
11 pp. Map. The area proposed for fuels reduction treatment lies within the 2723 acre Tilly Jane watershed on
the foothills of the north side of Mt. Hood. The stands proposed for treatment are adjacent to
Forest Road 3512, near the Cooper Spur ski area. Captured March 6, 2009.
Keywords
Prescribed burning -- Oregon -- Mount Hood National Forest, Fuel reduction (Wildfire prevention) -- Oregon -- Mount Hood National Forest, Forest management -- Oregon -- Mount Hood National Forest