1997 Grand Canyon Fire Effects Monitoring Program Year-End Report
Opperman T. 1997. 1997 Grand Canyon Fire Effects Monitoring Program Year-End Report. National Park Service. Grand Canyon, AZ
The purpose of this report is to provide details about the Fire Effects Program at Grand Canyon National Park by documenting program accomplishments and changes. This information allows others to evaluate the program, and gives the new field crew a starting point for the next field season. For the first time in many years the program is undergoing extensive revisions, including increased emphasis on crew training, new protocols for field procedures and for filing data, revised monitoring type descriptions, and the development of new monitoring types. In addition, professional resource managers at the Grand Canyon Science Center are part of the revision process. In 1997 Grand Canyon consisted of a fire effects staff of three biological technicians and made 37 plot visits. The crew also helped prepare burn units, monitored fuel moistures, monitored air quality, served as prescribed fire monitors, and served on several wildfire assignments. Opportunities were taken to participate in formal and informal training.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Opperman, Tonja
- Date of Issue
- 1997-11-23
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- FIEC , GRCA
- Keywords
- Arizona, Biota, Colorado Plateau , Ecology, Environment, FIRE, Fire Effects, FMH, Grand Canyon National Park, Kaibab Plateau, Monitoring, Prescribed Fire, Vegetation, Wildfire
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Landscapes | Fire and Fuel Dynamics | Fire and Fuel Dynamics