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08-1-5-04
2008
05/15/2008
09/30/2011
Effects of Blowdown, Salvage Logging, and Wildfire on Regeneration and Fuel Characteristics in Minnesota’s Forests
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.
Shawn R. Fraver
University of Minnesota
Department of Forest Resources

Other Project Collaborators

Other Project Collaborators

Type

Name

Agency/Organization

Branch or Dept

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

Co-Principal Investigator

John B. Bradford

USGS-Geological Survey

Southwest Biological Science Center

Federal Cooperator

Shawn R. Fraver

University of Minnesota

Department of Forest Resources

Project Locations

Project Locations

Fire Science Exchange Network

Lake States

Level

State

Agency

Unit

STATE

MN

FS

Superior National Forest

Final Report

Project Deliverables

Title
 
Ecological ApplicationsView
Forest Ecology and ManagementView
Forest Ecology and ManagementView
Applied Forest Ecology: Learning from the Past, Looking to the FutureView
Environmental Science & TechnologyView
Post-Blowdown Salvage Logging Impacts on Fuel Loads and Fire Severity: Preliminary Results from the Boundary Waters Blowdown and Ham Lake FireView
Efficacy of Salvage Logging in Reducing Subsequent Fire SeverityView
Influence of Wildfire Severity on Forest Floor and Upper Soil Carbon, Nitrogen and Mercury PoolsView
Singular and Interactive Effects of Blowdown, Salvage Logging, and Wildfire in Sub-Boreal Pine SystemsView
Influence of Blowdown, Fire and Salvage Logging on Forest Floor and Soil Mercury PoolsView
JackstrawView
Relocating Permanent Plots Post-Blowdown, Post Fire in Northern MinnesotaView
Post-Blowdown, Post-Fire Scene in Northern MinnesotaView

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