What is the relationship between Wildland Urban Intermix acres and Condition Class 2 and 3 acres displayed in Tables 3.1b and c in SEIS Chapter 3?
Wildland Urban Intermix (WUI) land allocations and condition class by fire regime are two different metrics that are derived differently and serve different purposes. WUI is an administrative designation on the land that carries identifiable desired conditions, management intents and objectives. Condition Class 2 & 3 designations are ecologically based indices of forest condition at the landscape scale. These areas are not mutually exclusive and in fact overlap in many places. The WUI in the ROD was modeled to treat almost the entire ¼ mile Defense Zone and approximately 25 to 30 percent of a 1-¼ mile Threat Zone. Although there are minor differences in WUI definition, both the Healthy Forest Restoration Act (HFRA) and the SEIS ROD provide for effectively treating fuels with in the WUI and in land classified as Condition Class 2 and 3. All acres treated within the WUI will either contribute to moving the treated areas from Condition Class from 2 and 3 toward 1 or to maintain a treatmen
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