• Giant Sequoia Trees

    Sequoia & Kings Canyon

    National Parks California

  • Road Construction Delays in Sequoia NP through Mid-Aug. (if entering/exiting via Hwy. 198)

    Expect 20-minute to 1-hour delays on weekdays and 20-minute delays on weekends along main road through parks. Weeknight closures with one pass through the construction zone at 11:30 p.m. See link to schedule and map or call 559-565-3341 (press 1, 1, 1,). More »

  • 22-foot Vehicle Length Limit in Sequoia National Park

    Planning to see the "Big Trees" in Sequoia National Park? If you enter/exit via Hwy. 198, all vehicles must be less than 22 feet in length. Even vehicles towing trailers must be less than 22 feet in combined length. Longer vehicles must enter at Hwy. 180. More »

  • Road Conditions in the Parks

    For the latest road and weather conditions, call 559-565-3341 (press 1, 1, 1) More »

1999 Annual Fire Report TOC

 Cover of 1999 Annual Fire Report

Annual Fire Report 1999

Research, Inventory and Monitoring

Compiled by Anthony Caprio

The Executive Summary of the 1999 Annual Fire Report is available in HTML format. The entire report is available in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. To view these files you will need a free Acrobat Reader. If you do not have one, you can download it from Adobe here.

Download the full report as one file here (14 MB - PDF file)

The report is divided into multiple sections below for easier downloading.

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Cover - Download: Cover and Cover Caption (91 kb - PDF file)

Contents and Executive Summary - Download: Contents, Summary and Sections 1 and 2 (1.9 MB - PDF file)

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1) Project Year Synopsis:

 

 Accomplishments for Each Project and Goals for 1999

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2) Overview

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 2.1) Objectives

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 2.2) Project Area Descriptions

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3) Fire Year 1999 - Download: Section 3 (1.6 MB - PDF)

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4) Project Year 1999

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 4.1) Vegetation Sampling

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4.11) Landscape Assessment - Fire and Forest Structure - Download: Section 4.11 (1.3 MB - PDF)
 by Kurt Menning

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4.12) Red Fir Plots - Download: Section 4.12 (2.2 MB - PDF)
 by Anthony C. Caprio

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4.13) Fire Effects Monitoring - Download: Section 4.13 (78 kb - PDF)
 by MaryBeth Keifer

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4.14) Prescribed Fire and Heavy Fuel Effects on Mature Giant Sequoia Trees - Download: Section 4.14 (15 kb - PDF)
 by Georgia Dempsey and MaryBeth Keifer

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4.15) Fuel Inventory and Monitoring - Download: Section 4.15 (114 kb - PDF)
 by Corky Conover

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4.16) Fire History - Download: Section 4.16 (3.26 MB - PDF) by Anthony C.Caprio

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4.17) Repeat Photography - Download: Section 4.17 (126 kb - PDF)
 by Monica Bueno, Jon Keeley, and Nate Stephenson

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4.18) Impacts of Fire and Grazing on Diversity and Invasion of Sierran Forests Section 4.18 (4 kb - PDF)
 by Jon Keeley

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4.19) Developing a Landscape-Scale Framework for Interagency Wildland Fuel Management Planning - Download: Section 4.19 (259 kb - PDF) by Pat Lineback

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4.20) Vegetation Mapping Initiative - Download: Section 4.20 (9 kb - PDF)
 by Sylvia Haultain>

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4.21) Problem Evaluation and Recommendations: Invasive Cheatgrass Bromus tectorum in Cedar Grove, Kings Canyon National Park - Download: Section 4.21 (2 MB - PDF)
 by Anthony C.Caprio, Sylvia Haultain, MaryBeth Keifer, and Jeff Manley

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4.22) Effects of Early Season Burning on Cheatgrass Abundance and Survivorship of Native Perennial Associates in Cedar Grove, Kings Canyon National Park - Download: Section 4.22 (9 kb - PDF) by Sylvia Haultain and Scott Martens

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4.2) Wildlife - Download: Section 4.2 (930 kb - PDF) by Harold Werner

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4.3) Watershed Sampling - Download: Section 4.3 (73 kb - PDF) by Claudette Moore

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4.4) Fire Information Cache - The Park's Fire and Resources Web Page - Download: Section 4.4 (149 kb - PDF) by Anthony C. Caprio

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4.5) Other - Download: Section 4.5 (11 kb - PDF)

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5) Acknowledgments - Download: Section 5 (3 kb - PDF)

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Did You Know?

Map of Sequoia and Kings Canyon.

Sequoia & Kings Canyon Parks form the heart of the second-largest contiguous roadless area left in the lower 48 states. The southern Sierra is so rugged that few roads cross it; you must go north to Tioga Pass in Yosemite National Park or south to Walker Pass or Tehachapi Pass.