Dual disturbances: do fuel treatments and wildfire protect or harm sagebrush valued resources? - the proposed project aims to increase our understanding of 1) the effectiveness of fuel treatments at…

The cooperative agreement between the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and Oregon State University will provide $259,744 to study the effectiveness of fuel treatments in reducing wildfire impacts and altering fire regimes in sagebrush ecosystems from August 2021 to June 2024. As part of the Agricultural Research Service's Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research program, the project aims to increase understanding of how fuel treatments impact subsequent wildfire effects on highly valued resources, the degree to which fuel treatments and proximity to fire suppression alter fire risk, and the long-term fire regime impacts of treatments. The research will provide scientific and technical information to help land managers evaluate fuel reduction strategies for protecting sagebrush resources from dual disturbances of treatment and wildfire.

Dual disturbances: do fuel treatments and wildfire protect or harm sagebrush valued resources? - the proposed project aims to increase our understanding of 1) the effectiveness of fuel treatments at reducing subsequent wildfire effects, 2) fuel treatment effects on altering fire regimes, and 3) the degree to which presence of fuel treatments and proximity to suppression resources reduces wildfire risk to highly valued resources and assets.