Fire History within the Lower Elwha River Watershed, Olympic National Park, Washington

2010 ◽  
Vol 84 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reed Wendel ◽  
Darlene Zabowskl
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Fire History ◽  
Elwha River ◽  
River Watershed ◽  
Olympic National Park

scholarly journals An Analysis of Forest Fire History on the Little Firehole River Watershed, Yellowstone National Park

1978 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 113-115
Author(s):  
Dennis Knight ◽  
William Romme
Keyword(s):  
Yellowstone National Park ◽  
National Park ◽  
Fire History ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Fire Frequency ◽  
Stand Age ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Successional Stage ◽  
River Watershed ◽  
Fuel Accumulation

Fire is now recognized as a major ecosystem process and Yellowstone National Park has recently implemented a fire management plan that permits lightning fires to burn without interference under certain conditions. To predict the kinds of wildfires we can now expect in the Park, and to evaluate the effectiveness of this plan in restoring fire to the Yellowstone ecosystem, it is important to know the natural frequency and size of wildfires under pristine conditions. This study, which began in 1977 and will be completed in June 1979, has the following objectives: (1) to determine the incidence and size of major fires during the last 300-400 years on the 100-km2 Little Firehole River watershed, an area dominated by extensive lodgepole pine and some spruce-fir forests; (2) to determine average fire frequency, i.e., the time interval between successive major fires on any particular site; and (3) to determine the relationships between stand age or successional stage and fuel accumulation or the probability of fire.

scholarly journals Forest Fire History in Relation to Landscape Diversity on the Little Firehole River Watershed, Yellowstone National Park

1979 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 121-127
Author(s):  
William Romme ◽  
Dennis Knight
Keyword(s):  
Yellowstone National Park ◽  
National Park ◽  
Fire History ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Landscape Diversity ◽  
Stand Age ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Successional Stage ◽  
River Watershed ◽  
Community Types

Fire is now recognized as a major ecosystem process and Yellowstone National Park has recently implemented a fire management plan that permits lightning fires to burn without interference under certain conditions. To predict the kinds of wildfires we can now expect in the Park, and to evaluate the effectiveness of this plan in restoring fire to the Yellowstone ecosystem, it is important to know the natural frequency and size of wildfires under pristine conditions. This study, which began in 1977 and was completed in August 1979, had the following objectives: (1) to determine the incidence and size of major fires during the last 300-400 years on the 73-km2 Little Firehole River watershed, an area dominated by extensive lodgepole pine and some spruce-fir forests; (2) to determine average fire frequency, i.e., the time interval between successive major fires on any particular sites; (3) to determine the relationships between stand age or successional stage and fuel accumulation or the probability of fire; and (4) to examine the effect of fire on patterns of landscape diversity. Three components of landscape diversity were recognized - richness, evenness, and patchiness. Richness is simply the number of different community types represented, while evenness is an expression of the proportion of the landscape covered by each community type (maximum evenness occurring when every type occupies an equal area). The patchiness component is based on the size and interspersion of the community types.

Adapting to climate change at Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica E. Halofsky ◽  
David L. Peterson ◽  
Kathy A. O’Halloran ◽  
Catherine Hawkins Hoffman
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
National Park ◽  
National Forest ◽  
Olympic National Park

Geomorphology of coastal Olympic National Park

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon Riedel ◽  
Sharon Sarrantonio ◽  
Stephen Dorsch
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Olympic National Park

Alpine disturbance studies: Olympic national park, USA

1973 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine L. Bell ◽  
Lawrence C. Bliss
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Olympic National Park

scholarly journals Dendrochronological Assessment of Whitebark Pine Response to Past Climate Change: Implications for a Threatened Species in Grand Teton National Park

2014 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 58-64
Author(s):  
Kendra McLauchlan ◽  
Kyleen Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
National Park ◽  
Fire History ◽  
Multiple Stressors ◽  
Fire Suppression ◽  
Climatic Variability ◽  
High Elevation ◽  
Whitebark Pine ◽  
Grand Teton National Park ◽  
Pine Trees

One of the keystone tree species in subalpine forests of the western United States – whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis, hereafter whitebark pine) – is experiencing a significant mortality event (Millar et al. 2012). Whitebark pine occupies a relatively restricted range in the high-elevation ecosystems in the northern Rockies and its future is uncertain. The current decline of whitebark pine populations has been attributed to pine beetle infestations, blister rust infections, anthropogenic fire suppression, and climate change (Millar et al. 2012). Despite the knowledge that whitebark pine is severely threatened by multiple stressors, little is known about the historic capacity of this species to handle these stressors. More specifically, it is unknown how whitebark pine has dealt with past climatic variability, particularly variation in the type of precipitation (rain vs. snow) available for soil moisture, and how differences in quantity of precipitation have influenced the establishment and growth of modern stands. We propose to study the past responses of whitebark pine to paleoclimatic conditions, which would be useful to park ecologists in developing new conservation and regeneration plans to prevent the extinction of this already severely threatened high-elevation resource. The purpose of this study is to determine in great temporal and spatial detail the demographics of the current stand of whitebark pine trees in the watershed surrounding an unnamed, high-altitude pond (known informally as Whitebark Pine Moraine Pond) located approximately 3.06 miles NW of Jenny Lake in Grand Teton National Park (GTNP). The main objectives of this study were: 1.) To obtain the precise GPS locations of the current stand of whitebark pine trees in the watershed to generate a GIS map detailing their locations. 2.) To obtain increment cores of a subset of the trees in the watershed to estimate age and date of establishment for the current stand of whitebark pines, with particular attention to fire history. 3.) To analyze ring widths from core samples to identify climatic indicators that may influence the regeneration and survival of whitebark pine.

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