Fig. 9

The response of surface fuels to prescribed fire and a mechanical cut and leave treatment averaged across ten sites within the SageSTEP woodland network in Oregon, northern California, Nevada, and Utah. Shown are the mean shrub, herbaceous, litter, and downed woody fuel (Mg ha⁻¹) in control (top), prescribed fire (center), and mechanical treatment (bottom) plots for woodland phases I (left), II (center), and III (right) in years 0, 1, 2, 3, 6, and 10 posttreatment. Total surface fuels averaged 6.23 Mg ha⁻¹ across all plots prior to treatments and did not change by year 10 in control plots. In contrast, total surface fuels were 11.13 Mg ha⁻¹ across prescribed fire plots (p < 0.01) and 21.9 Mg ha⁻¹ across mechanical plots (p < 0.01) in year 10. Figure from Williams et al. (2023)