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Project ID: 04-1-2-04

Year: 2004

Date Started: 08/31/2004

Date Completed: 03/28/2006

Title: Fire Use Over a Southwestern Elevational Gradient: Effects of 2003 Fires

Project Proposal Abstract: In 2003, a series of 4 lightning-ignited wildland fires were managed to burn over 19,000 acres on the North Rim. These fires burned over approximately 82 permanent plots that had been established within the previous 2-6 years. The burned plots range in elevation from 7,500 to over 8,600 feet, representing all the high-elevation forest types in southwestern forests (ponderosa pine, mixed conifer, aspen, and spruce-fir). A wealth of data already exists about the plot network, including fire regimes, reconstructions of past forest structure, and modeling of changes in canopy fuels and fire hazard over time. Wildland fire behavior and weather were closely monitored. We propose to collect post-fire data and analyze the relationships between pre-fire conditions, observed fire behavior, and fire effects. Rapid response is essential because we have the unique opportunity for post-fire sampling from fires occurring in a single year over plots arrayed across such a large environmental gradient.

Principal Investigator: Peter Z. Fule

Agency/Organization: Northern Arizona University

Branch or Dept: School of Forestry

Other Project Collaborators

Type	Name	Agency/Organization	Branch or Dept
Co-Principal Investigator	Cole Crocker-Bedford	NPS-National Park Service	Grand Canyon National Park
Co-Principal Investigator	Kara Leonard	NPS-National Park Service	Grand Canyon National Park
Federal Cooperator	Joseph F. Alston	NPS-National Park Service	Grand Canyon National Park

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
	4857	Refereed Publication	Wildland Fire Use Effects on Forest Structure Over an Elevational Gradient--Grand Canyon National Park USA
	4856	NonRefereed Publication	Meeting Forest Ecosystem Objectives with Wildland Fire Use

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