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Project ID: 12-1-01-10

Year: 2012

Date Started: 06/15/2012

Ending Date:  01/31/2015

Title: Effects of Prescribed Burn Regime and Grazing on Eastern Oregon Ponderosa Pine Vegetation and Fuels: The Season and Interval of Burn Study

Project Proposal Abstract: In the western United States, the Season and Interval of Burn study represents a unique long-term permanent plot study platform that was developed on the Malheur National Forest (Emigrant Creek Ranger District) in 1997 using six upland ponderosa pine forested stands. Established at the request of local land managers to investigate the influence of spring and fall prescribed fire treatments on black stain root disease and its potential insect vectors, the original study was significantly expanded in 2002 to include 5 and 15 year burn intervals, a grazing component and the addition of an array of ecosystem response variables - tree growth and mortality, interactions with insect and diseases, fuels, understory vegetation and exotic plant species, and soil organic matter and biota - all largely funded by JFSP and the National Fire Plan over the following decade. To date, all 5-year interval burns have proceeded exactly on schedule, and the first 15-year interval burn is scheduled for the fall of 2012 and spring of 2013. We are seeking funding to remeasure all plots for vegetation, fuels, and soil response in 2012, 2013 and 2014.

Principal Investigator: Becky K. Kerns

Agency/Organization: Forest Service

Branch or Dept: PNW-Forestry Sciences Lab-Corvallis

Other Project Collaborators

Type	Name	Agency/Organization	Branch or Dept
Budget Contact	Rebecca A. Slick	Forest Service	PNW-Pacific Northwest Research Station
Co-Principal Investigator	Michelle A. Buonopane	Forest Service	PNW-TCM-Threat Characterization & Management-Corvallis
Co-Principal Investigator	Jeff A. Hatten	Mississippi State University	Department of Forestry
Co-Principal Investigator	Douglas J. Westlind	Forest Service	PNW-Forestry Sciences Lab-Corvallis
Grants and Agreements Contact	Vi T. Ta	Forest Service	PNW-Pacific Northwest Research Station
Lead Reviewer	Elaine K. Sutherland	Forest Service	RMRS-Fire Sciences Lab-Missoula

Project Locations

Consortium

Northwest

Level	State	Agency	Unit
STATE	OR	FS	Malheur National Forest

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