Estimates of fuel loadings in forest and rangeland ecosystems of the United States are critical for accurately predicting fire behavior and effects of alternative fuel and ecosystem restoration treatments.
Fire exclusion policies and the successful fire suppression program across western United States and Canadian landscapes over the last 70 years have resulted in excessive accumulations of surface fuels that have increased the potential for severe and potentially dangerous wildland fires.
This data set contains destructively sampled canopy fuel and tree biomass data from five study sites in the Interior West.
Estimates of fuel loadings in forest and rangeland ecosystems of the United States are critical for accurately predicting fire behavior and effects of alternative fuel and ecosystem restoration treatments.
Fire exclusion policies and the successful fire suppression program across western United States and Canadian landscapes over the last 70 years have resulted in excessive accumulations of surface fuels that have increased the potential for severe and potentially dangerous wildland fires.