Annual Report 1996
Research, Inventory and Monitoring
Mineral King Risk Reduction Project
Compiled by Anthony Caprio
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The report is divided into multiple sections for faster downloading.
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Cover (1 MB)
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Section 1 (2 MB)
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Executive Summary
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3
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I) Project Year Synopsis:
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Accomplishments for Each Project and Goals for 1997
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4
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II) Overview of Project
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A) Objectives
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7
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B) Description - East Fork Project Area
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9
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Section 2 (1.8 MB)
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III) Project Year 1996
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13
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A) Vegetation Sampling
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15
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1) Fire Effects Plots
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15
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2) Giant Sequoia Fire Scars and Fuel Loading
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19
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3) Natural Resource Inventory (NRI)
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20
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4) Landscape Assessment - Fire and Forest Structure
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21
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5) Remote Sensing - Analysis of Red Fir Forest
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25
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B) Wildlife Sampling
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1) Small Mammal Monitoring
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2) Bark Foraging Birds
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29
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C) Watershed Sampling
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32
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1) Watershed: Stream Chemistry and Stream Hydrology
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32
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2) Watershed: Macro-Invertebrate Study
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Section 3 (2.4 MB)
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D) Fuels Inventory and Monitoring
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E) Remote Sensing: Fuel Loading and Vegetation Classification
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F) Fire History
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51
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G) Resampling of the Pitcher Plots
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55
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H) Prescribed Fire - Cost Effectiveness Project
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58
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I) Data Coordinator
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59
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Section 4 (346 KB)
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IV) Acknowledgements
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60
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V) References
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60
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VI) Appendix
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