P034: Integrated Decision Support for Cost Effective Fuel Treatments Under Multiple Resource Goals

This project develops an integrated decision support system and applies it in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Building upon two current research projects by the PI and Co-PIs, the support system will combine the vegetation simulation capabilities of FVS-FFE, the fire behavior capabilities of FlamMap, the water quality prediction capabilities of FS WEPP, and the spatial scheduling and cost effectiveness analysis capabilities of MAGIS into one system. This will provide land managers the ability to spatially schedule fuel treatments on a landscape and to also analyze tradeoffs of different management strategies.