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Forest Health Treatment Needs
<br />Treating 14,000 lo 22,OOO acres is recommended to
<br />move the landscape into a resilient condition (39-62%
<br />of forested acres; Table 1). This total includes an estimated
<br />1 1,000-1 6,750 acres of dense forest and 3,000-5,250 acres
<br />of maintenance treatments in existing open forest, based
<br />on current condition data from 2012 aerial photos. The
<br />majority of the treatment need and opportunity is on
<br />USFS land, although substantial need exists for private
<br />landowners in the community of Liberty.
<br />Meeting this target range will require multiple treatment
<br />strategies (Table 1). Managed wildfire under safe condi-
<br />tions will be needed, especially in Iess accessible locations.
<br />Based on tree size class, many areas are commercially vi-
<br />able, although treatment type will depend on road access,
<br />logging systems, and other considerations. lndividual
<br />landowners will conduct their own planning and decision-
<br />making processes to determine acres and types of treat-
<br />ments to achieve the landscape goals while meeting their
<br />own objectives and regulatory requirements.
<br />Table 1. Summary of forest health treatment needs Qange represents low and high end of treatment need).
<br />Left Figure 4. Forest structure types that are overabundant relative to targets for a resilient landscape, as well as potential
<br />maintenance treatments. Only a portion of the areas shown need to be treated. Right Figure 5. Current land ownership.
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<br />Dry Dense 8,899 117 8 0
<br />Moist Dense 11,266 88 18 0
<br />Cold Dense 1,62s 0 0 0
<br />Dry + Moist Open 6,922 163 27 0
<br />14,000 - 22,OAOTotal *These are current ocres, not targets
<br />Commercial thin plus fuels treatment if access exists. May be noncommercial, fire only (pre-
<br />scribed or managed wildfire), or regeneration treatment.
<br />Maintenance treatment prescribed fire, managed wildfire, or mechanical fuels treatment.
<br />Torget range corresponds to 50-75% of dry open and 25-50% of moist open forests.
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