FS Research and Development

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FS Research and Development

• Dr. Ann M. Bartuska
• Deputy Chief
• Washington DC

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Forest Service Research Development Budget FY
1996 - 2008
Millions of Dollars
P.B.
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Forest Service RD Core Program
Our mission is to develop and deliver knowledge
and innovative technology to improve the health
and use of the nations forests and
rangelands Resource Management Use Wildland
Fire Inventory Analysis Invasive Species
Water Air Wildlife and Fish Recreation
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FS RD FY2008 Program

• Increase Investment in
• Tools to support risk-based management of
  wildland fires
• Biomass marketing and utilization
• Biocontrol of weeds

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FSPro and RAVARRelating Fire Spread Probability
to values at risk
Vegetation, topography and historic and current
weather data are combined with a landscape fire
spread model to predict the probability of fire
spread over a given time period. Highest
probabilities are in red. Data on location of
building clusters and values can be overlaid on
these Probability Zones to help firefighters
determine how to best allocate resources to
protect life, safety, and public and private
values.
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FS RD FY2008 Program

• Increase Investment in
• Tools to support risk-based management of
  wildland fires
• Biomass marketing and utilization
• Biocontrol of weeds

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FS RD FY2008 Program

• Redirect emphasis to
• Climate change and forest planning
• Restoration priorities, techniques
• Urban natural resources research
• Invasive species prevention and control

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A Climate Change Atlas for 80 Forest Tree Species
of the Eastern United States spatial
database Anantha M. Prasad and Louis R. Iverson
USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research
Station, Daware, Ohio 43015, USA
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FS RD FY2008 Program

• Redirect emphasis to
• Climate change and forest planning
• Restoration priorities, techniques
• Urban natural resources research
• Invasive species prevention and control
• Network of Experimental Forests and Rangelands

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