2009 Symposium on Systems Analysis in Forest Resources

Asterisk indicates corresponding author (when not the first author). Locations indicated for first authors only. Mauricio Acuna, Cristian Palma, Wenbin Cui, David Martell *, Andres Weintraub Universidad de Chile, Santiago “Integrated timber harvest and fire management planning” Harvest planners often consider potential fire losses and timber production plans can influence fire management but most timber harvest planning and fire management planning are carried out largely independently of each other. But road construction, timber harvesting and silvicultural activities can influence the flammability of a forest so we are developing an integrated fire and forest management planning methodology that accounts for and exploits such interactions using a fire spread model, a network model that identifies crucial stands that can influence the spread of fires across a landscape and a spatially explicit timber harvest scheduling model. We describe the model and how it is being applied to a forest management unit in the boreal forest region of Canada.