NPS Alaska Fire and Fuels Circular Plot Monitoring Protocol, Version 1.0. Alaska Fire Management – Fire Ecology Program
Barnes J, McMillan J, Hrobak J. 2020. NPS Alaska Fire and Fuels Circular Plot Monitoring Protocol, Version 1.0. Alaska Fire Management – Fire Ecology Program. National Park Service, Fairbanks, Alaska.
The Alaska NPS Fire and Fuels Monitoring Protocols were developed as a guideline for establishing fire and fuels treatment monitoring projects within Alaska National Park Service lands. The purpose of the Fire and Fuels Monitoring Circular Plot Protocol is to provide a standardized approach to monitor the effects of wildfire and prescribed fire as well as fuels thinning projects implemented by the NPS fire management program. This document provides instructions and datasheets for utilizing a circular plot layout.
- Type
- Standard Operating Procedure
- Authors
- Barnes, Jennifer; McMillan, Jennifer; Hrobak, Jennifer
- Date of Issue
- 2020-03
- Publisher
- National Park Service, Fairbanks, Alaska.
- Units
- AKR
- Keywords
- active layer, Alaska, burn severity, circular plot, data collection, down woody fuels, duff, fire effects monitoring, fuel moisture, hazard fuel treatment, monitoring, moose browse, National Park Service, point intercept, prescribed fire, protocol, sampling, shrub density, thinning treatment, tree measurement, wildfire
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Landscapes | Fire and Fuel Dynamics | Fire and Fuel Dynamics