HYDRO20750

• Permit No: C1980007
• IBM Index Class Name: Hydrology
• Doc Date: 7/5/2005
• Doc Name: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Postfire Rehabilitation Treatments
• From: MCC
• To: DMG
• Permit Index Doc Type: Correspondence
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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Flgure 3-Total area burned in National Forests and other
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from the Burned Area Reports.
Regions 1, 2, and 3 did not exceed $5 million. Regions
4, b, and 6 had 15 of the top 20 moat-expensive BAER
efforts. Region 4 had four of the top five most costly
BAER efforts. The Rabbit Creek, Foothills, and
Lowman Fires on the Boise National Forest in Idaho
involved National Forest System BAER spending of
$8.4, $8.2 and $3.2 million, respectively (table 9). The
moat expensive BAER project in Region b was only
$2.1 million (Stanislaus Complex), but the Region had
eight of the top 20 most expensive BAER projects.
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Figure Total areas burned by severity class listed by
Region, 1973-1998 from Burned Area Reports. Treated and
unVeated burned areas by severity are totaled separately.
BAER project costa per unit area treated followed
the trend of total treatment costa (fig. 2, 8). Costa per
acre (ha) were higher for Regions 4, 6, and 5 than
Regions 1, 2, and 3. The most expensive coat per acre,
$39 ($96 ha 1), was for Region 4 and the least expen-
sive,$9($22ha 1),wasfromRegion3.Thehighercosts
per acre in Region 4, 6, and 5 fires reflected invest-
ments in BAER projects to protect life and property.
This was particularly true for high severity fires in
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Figure 6-High severity areas burned and treated with BAER
funding by region, 1973-1998 from Burned Area Reports.
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