Cooperating Agencies:

• Peaks Ranger District, Coconino National Forest

Location:

Between 7 and 24 miles southeast of Flagstaff, Arizona.

Date Initiated:

2007

Description:

There is little detailed information about landscape-scale fire patterns and vegetation development after severe fire in pinyon-juniper woodlands of the Southwest. By studying vegetation patterns from a chronosequence of severe fires that have occurred from the mid-1800s until the recent present, we hope to answer the following research questions: 1) Have historical fire regime parameters, such as fire severity and extent, recently changed on this landscape? 2) What factors influence rates of pinyon and juniper tree regeneration after fire? And 3) Do these factors vary with time? By answering these questions, we hope to increase our understanding of pinyon-juniper ecosystem dynamics and resilience to major disturbance. Results from this study are intended to help inform management decisions for this important forest type.

Project Status:

Ongoing

For More Information:

• Contact Dave Huffman, at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Publications:

The project is in its early stages and no publications have been produced as yet.

Last updated:

February 18, 2009