Central and Southern California Fire Ecology Annual Report Calendar Year 2003
2003. Central and Southern California Fire Ecology Annual Report Calendar Year 2003. National Park Service
The Southern and Central California fire effects crew had a great year in 2003. We had a terrific crew of three seasonals, and they did a fine job of completing the fairly heavy workload of 125 plots, among other things. The crew was led by the assistant lead monitor, as the lead monitor position was vacant until December 2003. The fire ecologist, Brian Twedt, completed an analysis of some of the ten years of FMH data for Point Reyes, and gave several presentations of his work. He also accompanied the crew on a trip to Pinnacles, and provided additional field assistance on several occasions at the home parks. Unfortunately, he vacated the position in late August, 2003. The report below covers four of the six parks monitored by the Central and Southern California fire effects crew: Golden Gate, Joshua Tree, Pinnacles, and Point Reyes. The accomplishments for the remaining two parks, Channel Islands and Santa Monica, are presented in a report written by Marti Witter, Fire Ecologist, and a copy of this report is attached.