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Research PartnershipsTahoe Science Projects supported by SNPLMAPredicting Nutrient and Sediment Loading From Prescribed Fire Using WEPPDrea Traeumer of Em Consulting performs a dye test while Micheal Ukraine, Rachel Arst, and Tim Delaney of Integrated Environmental Restoration Services collect data at a prescribed burn site on Dollar Hill in Tahoe City. Photo by Seth Lightcap, Sierra Sun.
This project will optimize the Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) model and predict sediment and nutrient loadings from slash pile burning at the hillslope scale using rainfall simulators and in situ sample collectors for naturally occurring events. This project will collaborate another Tahoe Science project, "Developing fuels treatments for balancing fuel reduction, soil exposure, and potential for erosion in the Tahoe Basin" by providing supplemental sampling of runoff for nutrients (phosphorus and nitrogen) at that project's prescribed fire sites. This collaboration will allow the project to adjust sampling in the event of a wildfire within the basin.
Full Title: Nutrient and sediment loading predictions for prescribed fire using optimized WEPP model Proposal [pdf] Lead Researchers: Drea Traeumer, Em Consulting; Mark Grismer, Integrated Environmental Restoration Services; Wally Miller, University Nevada-Reno Goals
Sampling Sites and Methods
Timeframe: August 2008 through September 2010 (2 years)
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