Series: National Park Service Alaska Region Fire Ecology Annual Report Calendar Year 2016

This series offers the summary of the 2016 fire season, inventory and monitoring projects in both Denali and Wrangell-St. Elias National Parks and Preserves, the research and technology involved, and the communication of results.

• Article 1: NPS Alaska Region Fire Ecology Annual Report Summary

  

  During the 2016 field season, the Alaska NPS fire ecology program conducted monitoring at the Wrangell-St. Elias McCarthy University Subdivision fuels reduction site, re-measured plots that have burned multiple times in Denali, and assisted with fire research projects at both sites. Read more

• Article 2: Fire Ecology Annual Report 2016 - Monitoring and Inventory

  

  Monitoring and inventories are utilized by the fire ecology program to provide feedback to the NPS fire management program on activities such as fuels treatments and to continue to gain a better understanding of the effects of wildfire on the landscape. Read more

• Article 3: Fire Ecology Annual Report 2016 - Research and Technology

  

  The AKR fire ecology program coordinates research and facilitates the use of scientific data, modeling and technology to address the needs of the fire management program. Read on to learn more about the three fire research proposals submitted to NPS in 2016. Read more

• Article 4: Fire Ecology Annual Report 2016 - Communicating Results

  

  Communicating results of projects or research is an important aspect the fire ecology program in order to provide information and outreach to fire managers, park staff, and the public. Read more

• Article 5: Fire Ecology Annual Report 2016 - References

  A list of reports, presentations and other forms of communication completed in 2016 for the Fire Ecology Annual Report. Read more