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Project ID: 03-2-2-01

Year: 2003

Date Started: 09/04/2003

Date Completed: 02/05/2007

Title: Effects of Blowdown, Beetle Outbreak, and Fire History on the Behavior and Effects of the 2002 Fires in Western Colorado

Project Proposal Abstract: Research is needed on the relationships between pre-fire forest conditions and the behavior and effects of the 2002 fires in Colorado. We have high-quality and unique pre-fire data on the extent and severity of fires, blowdown, and beetle outbreak in areas of Routt and White River National Forests that were affected by the 2002 fires. The objectives of the proposed research are to analyze and describe the influences of the pre-fire disturbance history, stand structures, and landscape patterns on the extent and severity of the 2002 fires and ensuing forest recovery in subalpine forests of western Colorado. Regional and landscape analysis of our existing data and recent Forest Service spatial data sets of the 2002 fires will be conducted in a Geographic Information System (GIS). This analysis will focus on the interactions between site, disturbance history and the spread and severity of the 2002 fires. In the field, finer scale (intra-stand) analysis will be conducted on disturbance interactions and post-fire recovery (i.e. tree regeneration). Our existing data and the 2002 fires present a unique opportunity to gain an understanding of the effects of large natural disturbances on fire behavior and post-fire recovery. The proposed research will provide results that are directly related to goals of the JFSP and that will provide critical information regarding management following large, severe disturbances in Rocky Mountain subalpine forests.

Principal Investigator: Claudia E. Regan

Agency/Organization: Forest Service

Branch or Dept: Region 2-Rocky Mountain Region

Other Project Collaborators

Type	Name	Agency/Organization	Branch or Dept
Co-Principal Investigator	Dominik W. Kulakowski	Clark University	Graduate School of Geography
Co-Principal Investigator	Thomas T. Veblen	University of Colorado-Boulder	Department of Geography
Federal Cooperator	Claudia E. Regan	Forest Service	Region 2-Rocky Mountain Region

Project Locations

Consortium

Southern Rockies

Southwest

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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
	1710	Refereed Publication	Effect of Prior Disturbances on the Extent and Severity of Wildfire in Colorado Subalpine Forests
	2540	Refereed Publication	Recent Forest Insect Outbreaks and Fire Risk in Colorado Forests: A Brief Synthesis of Relevant Research
	1711	Refereed Publication	Multiple Disturbance Interactions and Drought Influence Fire Severity in Rocky Mountain Subalpine Forests

Supporting Documents

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