Central and Southern California Fire Ecology Annual Report
2005. Central and Southern California Fire Ecology Annual Report
Calendar year 2005 was a productive year for the Southern and Central California Fire Ecology/Effects Program. Most of the plot and ecology work was concentrated at Santa Monica Mountains NRA (SAMO) and Point Reyes National Seashore (PORE). The Fire Effects Crew installed 55 new plots, re-read 62 existing plots, and conducted 86 immediate-postburn fire severity reads. The Crew was also able to assist Crater Lake NP (CRLA) with a last minute request install new forest plots. The Southern California Fire Ecologist focused much of her energy late in the season on the Topanga Fire, which burned through parts of SAMO at the end of September. The Bay Area Network Fire Ecologist was able to develop a new monitoring protocol for mechanical thinning, give several presentations, and develop several proposals for research and management. The FEAT conversion was completed for all parks in the network.