FOURMILE CANYON FIRE FINDINGS
United States Department of Agriculture / Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station (August 2012)

“No evidence was found that the progression of the Fourmile Canyon Fire was altered by the presence of fuel treatments and the treated areas were probably of limited value to suppression efforts on September 6.”

“The changes in fire activity in this area were apparently a result of changing weather (increases in air humidity and decreases in wind speed, see Figure 28) and topography (northerly aspect) rather than any changes in forest structure and composition resulting from a fuel treatment.”

“Note the areas where the fuels were treated along the “Escape Route” were burned more severely than neighboring areas where the fuels were not treated.”