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Project ID: 01-3-2-08

Year: 2001

Date Started: 09/19/2001

Date Completed: 10/27/2005

Title: Risk Assessment of Fuel Management Practices on Hillslope Erosion Processes, Phase II

Project Proposal Abstract: The recent dramatic increase in spending for post-fire rehabilitation treatments has caused concern regarding the appropriate use of various treatments for reducing erosion risk and downstream flooding and sedimentation. Our current Joint Fire Science project, RISK ASSESSMENT OF FUEL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON HILLSLOPE EROSION PROCESSES, is providing tools for land managers to compare fuel management treatments with post-wildfire erosion rates, including the comparison of different mitigation treatments for reducing hilislope erosion. However, gaps exist in our knowledge and background data to apply these tools across a wide range of forest and rangeland systems. Therefore, we seek additional funding to improve our capability to predict treatment effectiveness of alternative mitigation treatment practices, compare prescribed burning to wildfire on rangeland, and validate our estimates with small paired sub-watershed monitoring techniques. These studies will address task RFP-3-2001-Task 2. To accomplish our objectives, we plan to continue to use rainfall simulation techniques to compare treatments and small paired-watersheds to compare treated verses untreated sub-watersheds. Treatments that still need to be evaluated are: prescribed fire on rangeland, straw mulch, shredded aspen mulch, contour raking and contour ripping. Land managers need reliable information on the effectiveness of various mitigation techniques and to be able to predict the effectiveness in order to make informed decisions. To date, our prototype interface development hasreceived favorable reviews and our technology transfer activities (3 professional papers, 1 journal article, 3 presentations) have been extensive, considering we are only 2 and 1/2 years into our current project.

Principal Investigator: Peter R. Robichaud

Agency/Organization: Forest Service

Branch or Dept: RMRS-Forestry Sciences Lab-Moscow

Other Project Collaborators

Type	Name	Agency/Organization	Branch or Dept
Co-Principal Investigator	Jan L. Beyers	Forest Service	PSW-Forest Fire Lab-Riverside
Co-Principal Investigator	William J. Elliot	Forest Service	RMRS-Forestry Sciences Lab-Moscow
Co-Principal Investigator	Frederick B. Pierson	ARS-Agricultural Research Service	NWRC-Northwest Watershed Research Center
Federal Cooperator	Peter R. Robichaud	Forest Service	RMRS-Forestry Sciences Lab-Moscow

Project Locations

Consortium

Great Basin

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Project Deliverables

Final Report ("Results presented in JFSP Final Reports may not have been peer-reviewed and should be interpreted as tentative until published in a peer-reviewed source.")

	ID	Type	Title
	3543	NonRefereed Publication	Postfire Rehabilitation of the Hayman Fire
	3545	NonRefereed Publication	Quick Response Small Catchment Monitoring Techniques for Comparing Postfire Rehabilitation Treatment Effectiveness
	3549	NonRefereed Publication	Hayman Fire Rehabilitation Treatment Monitoring Progress Report
	3548	NonRefereed Publication	Managing Watersheds for Human and Natural Impacts: Engineering, Ecological and Economic Challenges
	3544	NonRefereed Publication	Impacts of Fire on Hydrology and Erosion in Steep Mountain Big Sagebrush Communities
	3542	NonRefereed Publication	Silt Fences: An Economical Technique for Measuring Hillslope Soil Erosion
	8825	NonRefereed Publication	Evaluation of Runoff Prediction from WEPP-Based Erosion Models for Harvested and Burned Forest Watersheds
	3541	MS Thesis	Accuracy Assessment of WEPP-Based Erosion Models on Three Small, Harvested and Burned Forest Watersheds (S.A. Covert)

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