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Post-fire riparian management

Journal articles

Everett Richard, Lehmkuhl John, Schellhaas Richard, Ohlson Pete, Keenum David, Riesterer Heidi Spurbeck Don (1999) Snag dynamics in a chronosequence of 26 wildfires on the east slope of the Cascade Range in Washington State, USA. International Journal of Wildland Fire 9, 223-234. https://doi.org/10.1071/wf00011 

Hutto, R. L. (2006). Toward Meaningful Snag-Management Guidelines for Postfire Salvage Logging in North American Conifer Forests. Conservation Biology, 20(4), 984–993. https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1523-1739.2006.00494.X   

Long WB, Chang H. Event Scale Analysis of Streamflow Response to Wildfire in Oregon, 2020. Hydrology. 2022; 9(9):157.  https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology9090157 

Vaz PG. Effects of burn status and conditioning on colonization of wood by stream macroinvertebrates Dias S. Freshwater Science. 2014 ;33(3). https://doi.org/10.1086/676657   

Kirkland, John; Flitcroft, Rebecca; Reeves, Gordon; Hessburg, Paul. 2017. Adaptation to wildfire: A fish story. Science Findings 198. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 5 p. https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd1180433.pdf 

Flitcroft, Rebecca L.; Falke, Jeffrey A.; Reeves, Gordon H.; Hessburg, Paul F.; McNyset, Kris M.; Benda, Lee E. 2016. Wildfire may increase habitat quality for spring Chinook salmon in the Wenatchee River subbasin, WA, USA. Forest Ecology and Management. 359: 126-140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2015.09.049 

Reynolds, Keith M.; Hessburg, Paul F.; Miller, Richard E.; Meurisse, Robert T. 2011. Evaluating soil risks associated with severe wildfire and ground-based logging. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-840. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 27 p. https://doi.org/10.2737/PNW-GTR-840 

Jan Seibert, Jeffrey J. McDonnell, Richard D. Woodsmith. 2010. Effects of wildfire on catchment runoff response: a modeling approach to detect changes in snow-dominated forested catchments. https://research.fs.usda.gov/pnw/news/highlights/fire-effects-watershed-processes-may-last-decades#publications

Kathleen A. Dwire, J.Boone Kauffman, Fire and riparian ecosystems in landscapes of the western USA, Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 178, Issues 1–2, 2003, Pages 61-74, ISSN 0378-1127, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00053-7    

 

Webinars and Videos

Forested streams, fire, and large wood across a gradient of fire severity and forest stand age

Ashley Coble NCASI

Presented during the Oregon Post-fire Symposium on February 8th, 2023

 

What happens to fish when their forest is on fire? Answers from 24 Oregon streams

Brook Petaluma, USFS

Presented during the Oregon Post-fire Symposium on February 8th, 2023

 

Holiday Farm Fire: Impacts on shade/stream temperature on private timberland

Mark River,  Weyerhaeuser Co.

Presented during the Oregon Post-fire Symposium on February 8th, 2023

 

Holiday Farm Fire: Impacts to the upstream extent of fish distribution in headwater streams on private timberlands

Jason Walter,  Weyerhaeuser Co.

Presented during the Oregon Post-fire Symposium on February 8th, 2023


 

 

Syntheses, research briefs, info graphics, and reports

NWFSC Research Brief #26: Fire Effects on Stream Ecosystem Responses in Western Oregon Watersheds. https://nwfirescience.org/our-products/fire-effects-stream-ecosystem-responses-western-oregon-watersheds

NWFSC Research Brief #9: Wildfire Impacts On Spring Chinook Salmon: Habitat Quality In The Wenatchee River Sub-Basin.  https://www.nwfirescience.org/our-products/nwfsc-research-brief-9-wildfire-impacts-spring-chinook-salmon-habitat-quality