Fighting Wildfires with Fuel-treatment Strategies
Texas A&M researchers identifying best methods for reducing wildfire risk. by Carrie Baker, Texas A&M University While wildfires remain an unpredictable threat, researchers at Texas A&M University are attempting to mitigate that uncertainty by using mathematical and statistical models to identify the most cost-effective and efficient strategies for reducing wildfire risk through vegetation removal, or fuel-treatment, strategies. Texas A&M is represented by Texas A&M AgriLife Research’s Jianbang Gan, a forest management and economics…