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Project ID: 08-1-5-04

Year: 2008

Date Started: 05/15/2008

Date Completed: 09/30/2011

Title: Effects of Blowdown, Salvage Logging, and Wildfire on Regeneration and Fuel Characteristics in Minnesota’s Forests

Project Proposal Abstract: We propose to characterize the interaction of multiple disturbances on fire severity, fuel loads, forest regeneration, and carbon storage in pine-dominated systems of the Superior National Forest, Minnesota. A recent sequence of events in northern Minnesota - blowdown, followed by salvage logging, followed by wildfire in 2007 - creates an exceptional opportunity to investigate the interaction of these disturbances. Prior to the wildfire, plots from a previous JFSP project had been established in blowdown areas, with and without salvage logging, allowing us to explicitly test the efficacy of salvage logging in reducing subsequent fire severity. Results from this proposed work will guide management prescriptions intended to reduce fire risk and to ensure forest regeneration.

Principal Investigator: Shawn R. Fraver

Agency/Organization: University of Minnesota

Branch or Dept: Department of Forest Resources

Other Project Collaborators

Type	Name	Agency/Organization	Branch or Dept
Co-Principal Investigator	John B. Bradford	USGS-Geological Survey	Southwest Biological Science Center
Co-Principal Investigator	Brian J. Palik	Forest Service	NRS-Northern Research Station
Co-Principal Investigator	Douglas J. Shinneman	USGS-Geological Survey	FRESC-Forest & Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
Federal Cooperator	Shawn R. Fraver	University of Minnesota	Department of Forest Resources

Project Locations

Consortium

Lake States

Level	State	Agency	Unit
STATE	MN	FS	Superior National Forest

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
	9994	Refereed Publication	Singular and Combined Effects of Blowdown, Salvage Logging, and Wildfire on Forest Floor and Soil Mercury Pools
	9601	Refereed Publication	Effects of Multiple Interacting Disturbances and Salvage Logging on Forest Carbon Stocks
	9424	Refereed Publication	Singular and Interactive Effects of Blowdown, Salvage Logging, and Wildfire in Sub-Boreal Pine Systems
	9199	Refereed Publication	The Efficacy of Salvage Logging in Reducing Subsequent Fire Severity in Conifer-Dominated Forests of Minnesota, USA
	9427	Photo	Relocating permanent plots post-blowdown, post fire in northern Minnesota
	9426	Photo	Jackstraw
	9425	Photo	Post-Blowdown, Post-Fire Scene in Northern Minnesota

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