Fire and Aquatic Ecosystems

The primary purpose of this web site is to ensure that land managers have access to the most current science findings and tools relevant to management of aquatic systems in fire prone landscapes.

Description of Links

Fire and Aquatic Ecosystems Publications

This link will take you to a listing of new and recent publications on Fire and Aquatic Ecosystems from the Boise Aquatic Sciences Laboratory and other sources.

Fire and Aquatic Ecosystems Workshop

This link will bring you to the products and information developed from the Fire and Aquatic Ecosystems Workshop held April 22-24, 2002 in Boise, ID.  Links on the following page will bring you to products including; papers, presentations, and abstracts from the workshop speakers, as well as biographies of the authors that participated in the workshop. 

R1/R4 Adaptive Fire Management Projects

This link will bring you to ongoing R1/R4 Adaptive Fire Management Projects that involve watershed, soils, and riparian processes.  Project information including description, contacts, and available technology transfer products are provided.  

Boise Lab Fire/Aquatic Projects

This link will bring you to the ongoing fire and aquatic projects at the Boise Aquatic Sciences Lab.

Fire and Aquatic Bibliography

This link will bring you to the “fire and aquatic ecosystems reference list”.  The purpose of this bibliography is to aid managers and scientists in locating relevant science pertaining to the interactions of fire and riparian and aquatic processes, populations and habitats.  In addition to refereed journal articles, the list also contains many general technical reports (GTRs), unpublished reports, and grey literature.

R1/R4 Management Questions

This link will bring you to a list of questions that identifies the key aquatic questions that land managers have associated with fire and related forest health activities (e.g., thinning and salvage) so that we can use them to 1) link existing available science to specific questions, 2) show the linkage to the R1/R4 Adaptive Fire Management Projects to alert managers to developing science and expertise, and 3) provide the scientists with a list to help them determine research needs and priorities.

Fire Related Hotlinks

This link will bring you to a list of relevant fire web sites that contain up to date information, including publications from USFS and other agencies.

Fire and Aquatic Photo Gallery

This link will bring you to a photo gallery that was compiled at the Boise Lab.