Pictured is a shaded fuel break where trees are thinned and lower branches are limbed. The fuel break is designed to alter extreme fire behavior by spacing out the fuels, forcing a crown fire to drop to a surface fire. (photo by Brad Hawkes)The Alaska Fire Science Consortium is offering a webinar Friday, Nov. 19 from 1 to 2 p.m. The topic, "Effectiveness Monitoring of Fuel Treatments in Southwest Yukon," will be presented by Brad C. Hawkes, fire research officer, Canadian Forest Service.
The southwest Yukon is currently experiencing a widespread outbreak of spruce bark beetle, creating an extensive area of standing dead trees. With the increased level of fire risk, monitoring fuel treatment effectiveness, especially in terms of reducing crown fire spread, has become an important part of an adaptive management approach. This presentation presents some key fire hazard attributes and a fire model for exploring treatment effectiveness.
Contact Jennifer Northway at 474-6964 for more information. Registration is required.
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