Fire and Aquatic Ecosystems
Purpose
Below is a list of
fire-aquatic management questions that we have put together with
input from field units. The purpose of these questions is to
identify the key aquatic questions that land managers have
associated with fire and related forest health activities (e.g.,
thinning and salvage) so that we can use them to 1) link existing
available science to specific questions, 2) show the linkage to the
R1/R4 Adaptive Fire Management Projects to alert managers to
developing science and expertise, and 3) provide the scientists with
a list to help them determine research needs and priorities.
The headers
below link to the management questions by topic.
Fire
Management and Riparian Systems:
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Fire
suppression in riparian systems |
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Wildfire and riparian systems |
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Management of riparian buffer strips |
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Fire and Watershed Processes:
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Fire
and aquatic habitats |
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Fire
and soil processes |
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Upland
forest restoration and watershed processes |
Fire and Aquatic Population Response:
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Ecological context and resilience of populations
to fire |
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Fire
and non-native and native fishes |
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"Uncharacteristic" fires and aquatic ecosystem |
Post-fire Management Activities and Aquatic Ecosystems:
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Effectiveness of BAER treatments |
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Fire
salvage activities and aquatic ecosystems |
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Livestock grazing in post-fire environments
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Conflicts,
Opportunities and Priorities:
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Priorities and opportunities in terrestrial and aquatic
ecosystems |
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Managing forests, eliminating threats, and improving
aquatic ecosystems |
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Disturbance and the maintenance of processes |
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