National Park Service Alaska Region Fire Ecology Annual Report Calendar Year 2016
Barnes JL and Hrobak JL. 2016. National Park Service Alaska Region Fire Ecology Annual Report Calendar Year 2016. National Park Service. Alaska
The National Park Service (NPS) Alaska region fire ecology program provides science-based information to guide fire and land management planning, decisions and practices in order to maintain and understand fire-adapted ecosystems in Alaska. During the 2016 field season, the Alaska NPS fire ecology program conducted monitoring at the Wrangell-St. Elias McCarthy University Subdivision fuels reduction site, re-measured plots that have burned multiple times in Denali (Fig. 1), and assisted with fire research projects at both sites. The regional fire ecologists were involved with preparing monitoring protocols, agreements and research proposals, instructing classes, and participating on several agency and interagency committees. Communication and outreach continued to be a focus for the program. This annual report provides a brief summary about the NPS Alaska 2016 fire season, fire ecology monitoring results, fire research projects, and fire ecology program activities and outreach.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Barnes, Jennifer; Hrobak, Jennifer
- Date of Issue
- 2016
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- AKR
- Keywords
- Alaska, Fire, Fire Ecology