1999 Annual Fire Report TOC

Annual Fire Report 1999

Research, Inventory and Monitoring

Compiled by Anthony Caprio

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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)	4
1) Project Year Synopsis:
Accomplishments for Each Project and Goals for 1999	5
2) Overview	9
2.1) Objectives	9
2.2) Project Area Descriptions	12
3) Fire Year 1999 - Download: Section 3 (1.6 MB - PDF)	20
4) Project Year 1999	24
4.1) Vegetation Sampling	24
4.11) Landscape Assessment - Fire and Forest Structure - Download: Section 4.11 (1.3 MB - PDF) by Kurt Menning	24
4.12) Red Fir Plots - Download: Section 4.12 (2.2 MB - PDF) by Anthony C. Caprio	31
4.13) Fire Effects Monitoring - Download: Section 4.13 (78 kb - PDF) by MaryBeth Keifer	37
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	52
4.15) Fuel Inventory and Monitoring - Download: Section 4.15 (114 kb - PDF) by Corky Conover	55
4.16) Fire History - Download: Section 4.16 (3.26 MB - PDF)by Anthony C.Caprio	60
4.17) Repeat Photography - Download: Section 4.17 (126 kb - PDF) by Monica Bueno, Jon Keeley, and Nate Stephenson	78
4.18) Impacts of Fire and Grazing on Diversity and Invasion of Sierran Forests Section 4.18 (4 kb - PDF) by Jon Keeley	81
4.19) Developing a Landscape-Scale Framework for Interagency Wildland Fuel Management Planning - Download: Section 4.19 (259 kb - PDF)by Pat Lineback	82
4.20) Vegetation Mapping Initiative - Download: Section 4.20 (9 kb - PDF) by Sylvia Haultain>	85
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	88
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	108
4.2) Wildlife - Download: Section 4.2 (930 kb - PDF)by Harold Werner	110
4.3) Watershed Sampling - Download: Section 4.3 (73 kb - PDF)by Claudette Moore	124
4.4) Fire Information Cache - The Park's Fire and Resources Web Page - Download: Section 4.4 (149 kb - PDF)by Anthony C. Caprio	133
4.5) Other - Download: Section 4.5 (11 kb - PDF)	137
5) Acknowledgments - Download: Section 5 (3 kb - PDF)	139