Planscape Adds Free Tool to Model the Impact of Wildfire Resilience Treatments
March 24, 2025 – The Planscape Partnership, a collaboration of public and non-profit organizations, announced the release of Planscape Treatment Effects, the latest update to the Planscape collaborative tool which adds a new suite of features that enables land managers and collaboratives to quickly and efficiently model and report out on landscape resilience treatments. Built in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), Google.org, and the State of California, Planscape Treatment Effects allows land managers to run treatment scenarios, see 20-year projections of scenario outcomes, optimize resources, and share data instantly.
With Planscape Treatment Effects, land managers can:
- Plan and compare management options by fuel treatment type, location, and sequence.
- Understand the impact of treatments on outputs such as canopy cover, large tree biomass, and fire intensity in forests, as well as rate of spread and flame length in non-forested areas.
- View outputs over the next 5, 10, 15, and 20 years.
- Leverage the best science and models to run models directly in a web browser.