3.1.2. Light thinning treatment (light)
Results (Fig. 5) suggest that a light thinning regime
across a portion of the landscape considerably reduces
®re risk across the landscape as a whole, but has littleto-no
effect on the particular stands chosen for protection.
The proportion of the landscape in low-risk
categories varies ca. 40% throughout the scenario.
Areas with high-risk scores occupy ca. 15% or less
of the landscape throughout the 40 year projection.
Fire risk in the reserve stands under this treatment are
almost identical with ®re risks in the no treatment
scenario with the exception of the stand A, which had
a score of 5 for the light treatment in the ®fth decade
instead of a 7 with no treatment in the ®fth decade.
This minor reduction was due to stand A being upwind
from a treated stand.