Focal Areas

This layer identifies all areas that fall within the top 20% of both the Wildfire Mitigation Potential Index and the Social and Ecological Index for each U.S. Forest Service region. We chose the 20% cut-off as a conservative decision rule meant to focus attention on the lands with greatest potential for co-benefits. To remove potential artifacts and polygons too small to be of relevance to management, we filtered the focal areas to only those greater than 405 ha. For full details, please see: Lacey LM, Suraci JP, Littlefield CE, Busse BS, Dickson BG. 2024. Informing proactive wildfire management that benefits vulnerable communities and ecological values. <i>People and Nature.</i>

本图层可识别美国林务局各辖区内，野火缓解潜力指数（Wildfire Mitigation Potential Index）与社会生态指数（Social and Ecological Index）均位列前20%的全部区域。我们选取20%作为截断阈值，采用该保守决策准则以聚焦协同效益潜力最高的土地。为去除潜在伪影与面积过小、对管理工作无实际意义的面要素，我们将聚焦区域筛选为仅保留面积大于405公顷（ha）的对象。欲获取完整细节，请参阅：Lacey LM、Suraci JP、Littlefield CE、Busse BS、Dickson BG. 2024. 《惠及脆弱社区与生态价值的主动野火管理》，刊载于*People and Nature*。