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Project ID: 05-2-1-19

Year: 2005

Date Started: 07/01/2005

Date Completed: 10/26/2009

Title: Riparian Fuels Treatments in the Applegate River Subbasin

Project Proposal Abstract: This project proposes to implement fuels treatment prescriptions in riparian areas of the Applegate River Sub-basin of SW Oregon. Several studies have suggested that many of these riparian areas historically burned with similar frequencies and intensities as associated upland areas did, and that fire played an important role in maintaining these areas. However, extensive fuels treatments implemented by the Medford BLM in this basin are not incorporating these riparian areas, due to the perception that these areas are sensitive to any type of anthropogenic disturbance. Land managers lack needed data to support including riparian areas in landscape treatment projects. Without locally pertinent data, legally defensibly NEPA and ESA consultation documents can not be produced, hence riparian areas are avoided, compromising the effectiveness of landscape treatment projects, and possibly the health of these areas. This project will address the JFSP AFP #2005-2, task statement #1 regarding locally important knowledge or data gaps associated with planning and implementation of fuels treatments. We propose to implement two types of fuels reductions in riparian areas of intermittent and perennial stream basins. The health of these areas before and after treatments will be quantified using standardized techniques to examine several indicators including: percent effective shade provided by riparian vegetation, hydrological parameters such as water quality and watershed yield, and biological diversity and abundance of several species of aquatic and terrestrial organisms. Drainage basins treated will be spread among three watersheds within the Applegate Subbasin, and will be paired with control drainages. Results of the riparian treatments will be analyzed to determine the effectiveness of the project in reducing the threat of wildfire across the landscape. Results of this study will offer managers data to justify or deny implementing riparian fuels prescriptions in SW Oregon.

Principal Investigator: Jennifer Smith

Agency/Organization: BLM-Bureau of Land Management

Branch or Dept: Medford District Office

Other Project Collaborators

Type	Name	Agency/Organization	Branch or Dept
Co-Principal Investigator	John D. Alexander	Klamath Bird Observatory
Federal Cooperator	Jennifer Smith	BLM-Bureau of Land Management	Medford District Office

Project Locations

Consortium

California

Northwest

Level	State	Agency	Unit
STATE	OR	BLM	Medford District

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
	8290	NonRefereed Publication	An Examination of Prescribed Fire Effects and Fuel Treatment Effectiveness Within Headwater Riparian Corridors in the Middle Rogue River Basin of Southwest Oregon
	8259	NonRefereed Publication	Macroinvertebrate Responses to Riparian and Uplands Fuels Treatments in the Applegate and Middle Rogue River Watersheds, Oregon
	8260	NonRefereed Publication	Hydrological Rsponses to Prescribed Fire in Riparian Areas
	8257	MS Thesis	Pre- and Post-Treatment Vegetation Analysis Including Changes in Cover and Species Composition (J. Dejuilio)
	7925	Poster	Effects of Prescribed Fire on Riparian Function and Biological Integrity in Riparian Areas of Southwest Oregon Mixed-Conifer Forests
	7924	Poster	Effects of Prescribed Fire on Riparian and Hydrological Function in Riparian Areas of Southwest Oregon Mixed-Conifer Forests
	3818	Poster	Studying Prescribed Fire in Riparian Areas of Southwest Oregon Design and Site Selection Hurdles
	9097	Final Report Supplement	Status report showing proposed vs. delivered milestones

Supporting Documents

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