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Hayman fire case study analysis: post-fire rehabilitation
Robichaud, P.R.; MacDonald, L.; Freeouf, J.; Neary, D.; Martin, D. 2002.
Hayman fire case study analysis: post-fire rehabilitation.
Chapter 5 in: Graham, R.T., ed. Interim Hayman Fire Case Study Analysis. 11 p.
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Abstract:
Our team has been asked to review and comment on immediate post-fire effects.
Specifically, we were asked to review the existing knowledge and science on changes
in watershed responses and effectiveness of post-fire rehabilitation treatments.
We will review monitoring protocols and techniques related to erosion, water
quality, and treatment effectiveness that are appropriate for burned areas.
Additionally, we will identify appropriate untreated areas that should be established
to allow meaningful comparison to natural recovery.
Finally, we will identify knowledge gaps that need to be addressed to guide the selection of
post-fire rehabilitation treatments.
Our approach first builds on the current literature pertaining to post-fire changes in watershed
response and sedimentation.
Then we describe the soils, hydrology, values at risk, and selection of treatment methods
for the Hayman Fire area.
This is followed by current knowledge of post-fire rehabilitation treatment effectiveness with
a focus on treatments that are being used on the Hayman Fire area.
We continue with a discussion of monitoring protocols.
We finish by delineating the shortfalls in our knowledge and the uncertainty we have in the
effectiveness of the rehabilitation treatments currently being used.
Moscow FSL publication no. 2002d
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