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Project ID: 08-2-1-15

Year: 2008

Date Started: 05/01/2008

Date Completed: 11/14/2011

Title: Fire and Aquatic Ecosystems in the Context of Climate Change: A Synthesis for Improved Management

Project Proposal Abstract: Managing the balance b etween aquatic resources, wildfire, and fuel conditions has always been difficult, and is becoming further complicated by changeds in climate that alter both aquatic ecosystems and wildfire characteristics. An important question is how we expect the changing nature of fire in the landscape and our shifting management responsese to interact with the changing hydrologic and aquatic systems. Multiple federal agencies face this challenge and are looking for solutions. Several summaries of the effects offire on aquatic ecosystems exist (Minshall et al., 1997, Gersswell, 1999, Rieman et al, 2003, Luce, 2005, Shakesby and Doerr, 2006). Since the last major summary, many results have come from National Fire Plan and Joint Fire Sciences Program funded studies. In addition a great deal has been recognized about the nature of climate change, how it affectsfire, and how it directly affects aquatic systems. Finally, the fire management community has made dramatic changes in their approach to wildfire using Appropriate Management Response, giving fire a much larger role in landscape-scale vegetation management. Within hours of weather updates, decisions are now made that affet thousands to tens of thousands of acres. The stakes are higher and teh decisions more comples. There is a need for an updated review and synthesis of how fire affects aqwuatic ecosystems, how it interacts with land, fuel, and fire management decision, and how this all fits into the context of a changing climate. We propose a combination fo workshops, compiled chapters, and a web site to provide updated information and syntheses that will support management policies and cecisions incorporating the best available science.

Principal Investigator: Charles H. Luce

Agency/Organization: Forest Service

Branch or Dept: RMRS-Aquatic Sciences Lab

Other Project Collaborators

Type	Name	Agency/Organization	Branch or Dept
Co-Principal Investigator	John M. Buffington	Forest Service	RMRS-Aquatic Sciences Lab
Co-Principal Investigator	Matthew R. Dare	Forest Service	RMRS-Aquatic Sciences Lab
Co-Principal Investigator	Kathleen A. Dwire	Forest Service	RMRS-Forestry Sciences Lab-Fort Collins
Co-Principal Investigator	Zack A. Holden	University of Idaho	Department of Forest Resources
Co-Principal Investigator	Dan J. Isaak	Forest Service	RMRS-Aquatic Sciences Lab
Co-Principal Investigator	Claire McGrath	Forest Service	RMRS-Aquatic Sciences Lab
Co-Principal Investigator	Penny M. Morgan	University of Idaho	Department of Forest Resources
Co-Principal Investigator	Bruce Rieman	Forest Service	RSAC-Remote Sensing Applications Center
Federal Cooperator	Charles H. Luce	Forest Service	RMRS-Aquatic Sciences Lab

Project Locations

Consortium

Level	State	Agency	Unit
REGIONAL	Interior West	MULTIPLE
REGIONAL	Pacific Coast States	MULTIPLE

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
	10164	Refereed Publication	Climate Change, Forests, Fire, Water, and Fish: Building Resilient Landscapes, Streams, and Managers
	9556	Book or Book Chapter	Chapter on Genetic Evidence for Landscape Connectivity and Resilience in Western Trout
	9554	Book or Book Chapter	Manuscript for US Forest Service General Technical Report on Fire and Fish in a Changing Climate
	9558	Book or Book Chapter	Review Chapter on Fire and Fish Interactions
	9557	Book or Book Chapter	Chapter on Rainbow Trout Resilience to Wildfire in the Boise River
	9555	Book or Book Chapter	Chapter on Interaction of Invasive Fishes and Wildfire

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