1998 AFR Contents

Research, Inventory and Monitoring

Mineral King Risk Reduction Project

Compiled by Anthony Caprio

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Download: Cover and Cover Caption (148 kb - PDF file)
Executive Summary - Download: Summary and Sections 1 and 2 (1.4 MB - PDF file)	4
1) Project Year Synopsis:
Accomplishments for Each Project and Goals for 1998	5
2) Overview of Project	8
2.1) Objectives	8
2.2) Description - East Fork Project Area	10
3) Project Year 1998 - Download: Section 3 and 3.11 (1.28 MB - PDF)	13
3.1) Vegetation Sampling	15
3.11) Landscape Assessment - Fire and Forest Structure by Kurt Menning	15
3.12) Evaluation of Multispectral Data for the Determination of Fuel Loads in Forested Environments - Download: Section 3.12 (4 kb - PDF)by William Miller and Mitchell Brookins	22
3.13) Fire Effects Monitoring - Download: Section 3.13 (1.2 MB - PDF)by MaryBeth Keifer	23
3.14) Prescribed Fire and Heavy Fuel Effects on Mature Giant Sequoia Trees - Download: Section 3.14 (4 kb - PDF)by MaryBeth Keifer	35
3.15) Red Fir Regeneration and Fire - Download: Section 3.15 (489 kb - PDF) by David Newburn	36
3.16) Fuel Inventory and Monitoring - Download: Section 3.16 (1.34 MB - PDF)by Corky Conover	40
3.17) Fire History - Download: Section 3.17 (1.18 MB - PDF)by Anthony Caprio	48
3.2) Wildlife Sampling - Download: Section 3.2 (984 kb - PDF)	57
3.21) Small Mammal Monitoring by Harold Werner	57
3.3) Watershed Sampling - Download: Section 3.3 (313 kb - PDF)by Claudette Moore and Ian Chan	69
- Watershed: Stream Chemistry and Stream Hydrology - Claudette Moore and Jon Keeley
- Watershed: Macro-Invertebrate Study - Ian Chan, Don Erman and Nancy Erman
3.4) Prescribed Fire-Cost Effectiveness Project - Download: Section 3.4 (43 kb - PDF)by Phil Omi and Douglas Rideout	82
3.5) Other - Download: Section 3.5 (7 kb - PDF)	88
4) Acknowledgments - Download: Section 4 (3 kb - PDF)	89