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Prescribed Burning and Monitoring

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Cedar Grove- Sequoia Kings Canyon National Park
Sierra Nevada Yellow Pine Forest

Fall 2001

5 X 5 meter plot set up for temperature monitoring during fires Thermocouples set up inside a plot
Thermocouples are set up at varying distances above and below the soil to record real time temperature data during the fires.

Early Fall 2002

Ignition of a plot using a drip torch Plot burning through A propane torch is being used for material that did not catch during the fire
Applying fire treatments at Cedar Grove. The plot is ignited and allowed to burn and extinguish on its own.

Mono Lake-Near Lee Vining California
Great Basin Sagebrush Steppe

Collecting biomass to assess fuel loads in the area Obtaining biomass to assess fuel moisture in area
Prefire sampling is done to assess fuel loads and fuel moisture.

 

Ignition of plot with a drip torch Thermocouples connected to datalogger to record real time temperature data Fire burning through the plot
During the fires, temperatures are recorded using dataloggers as shown in the middle picture. Fires are left to extinguish naturally as would occur in wildfires. A crew will watch the fire for days, if not weeks until it is certain that the fire has completely died out.

 

Recording fire behavior data during the burns Containing the fire to the 5 X 5 meter plots
Average flame length and rate of spread is recorded to assess fire behavior. The fire is contained to the 5 X 5 meter plot area using water in addition to hand tools.

 

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USGS Field Crew-2004 BLM Fire Crew- 2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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