INTEGRATING WILDFIRE INTO STRATEGIC-PLANNING FOR SIERRA-NEVADA FORESTS

This study combines the spatial simulation of forest development on a large landscape, including wildfire occurrence and effects, with the s earch for management actions that achieve multiple goals. The approach was applied to the Eldorado National Forest. Resulting analysis sugge sts that active management (prescribed fire and timber harvest) could enable the simultaneous movement toward the goals of developing comple x forest structure and reducing high-severity fire, while also limitin g watershed disturbance and providing a regular timber harvest.