Fire Ecology Annual Report: Calendar Year 2006 [Everglades National Park]

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A summary of fire ecology activities and program information for the Park/network including fire effects plot workload, staffing, management objectives and monitoring results, and planning, fire monitoring, communications, and research. Also included are staff accomplishments/areas of focus, future program direction and other optional information (e.g. data analysis graphics or presentations, annual highlights, publications, program challenges, unique solutions to problems, collaboration, photographs of monitoring/fire activities, and suggestions on FFI). The Everglades National Park fire monitoring program, was able to successfully switch its Fire Effects Monitoring database from the FMH software to FEAT (Fire Ecology Assessment Tool) in 2006. Lisa McInnis and Brad Weisshaupt from Natchez Trace Parkway visited in January of 2006 to assist with the database conversion. Efforts were continued to read plots, refine methodology and archive several thousand photo-monitoring slides. Monitoring of the host plants for rare butterflies continued in the Pine Rocklands. Our fire effects monitors continued to serve as advisors to the Pine Rockland Working Group, an international, multi-agency effort which has been effective at making recommendations and taking action to protect this imperiled ecosystem. In December, Fire Effects monitors organized and moderate the 2006 Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow symposium (Fire Management Strategy of Occupied Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow Habitat). Fire Effects staff served on prescribed fires, wildland fires and assisted with two hurricane shut-downs and re-openings. Collaboration between the Everglades Fire Effects team continued with the prescribed fire crew at Big Cypress. Fire Effects staff coordinated with exotic control efforts to treat Lygogium microphyllum (Old World climbing fern) in the costal Prairie. Fire effects staff were involved with the reconnaissance of infested Lygodium areas pre-treatment.

Fire Ecology Annual Report: Calendar Year 2006 [Everglades National Park]

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