Central and Southern California, Fire Effects Annual Report: Calendar Year 2004; Channel Islands, Golden Gate, Joshua Tree, Pinnacles, Point Reyes, Santa Monica
Author unknown. Central and Southern California, Fire Effects Annual Report: Calendar Year 2004; Channel Islands, Golden Gate, Joshua Tree, Pinnacles, Point Reyes, Santa Monica
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 Central and Southern California Fire Effects crew had another productive year in 2004, completing a medium-sized workload of 71 plots. Most notable were two trips to Santa Cruz Island to install plots in the proposed Del Norte burn unit. Time was also available to assist resource management projects at Point Reyes that were critically short-staffed. We were happy to welcome the arrival of Alison Forrestel, the new Fire Ecologist and fire effects supervisor, who arrived in June to fill a position which had been vacant for nearly a year. Wende Rehlaender was appointed to the lead fire effects position (vacant since FY03) and hired two seasonal technicians. The assistant lead position was lapsed during FY04, with hopes of filling the position in FY05. Although most of the proposed prescribed burns were cancelled this year, we completed the D Ranch burn at Point Reyes. This burn, at the historic D Ranch, was postponed in FY03 due to out of prescription weather conditions. We also participated in three burns with outside agencies, which provided good training opportunities for the crew. This year there were regular meetings with fire and resource management staff at Point Reyes, and it has been great to have the two divisions meeting and talking about the best uses for fire in the park, and about alternate fuel treatments.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Author unknown
- Units
- CHIS , FIEC , GOGA , JOTR , PINN , PORE , SAMO
- Keywords
- FFI, Fire Effects, Fuels, Monitoring
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Landscapes | Fire and Fuel Dynamics | Fire and Fuel Dynamics