Journal articles
Monsanto, P. G., & Agee, J. K. (2008). Long-term post-wildfire dynamics of coarse woody debris after salvage logging and implications for soil heating in dry forests of the eastern Cascades, Washington. Forest Ecology and Management, 255(12), 3952–3961. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2008.03.048
Monsanto, P. G., & Agee, J. K. (2008). Long-term post-wildfire dynamics of coarse woody debris after salvage logging and implications for soil heating in dry forests of the eastern Cascades, Washington. Forest Ecology and Management, 255(12), 3952–3961. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2008.03.048
Wondzell SM and King JG. 2003. Post-fire erosional processes: In the Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountain region. Forest Ecology and Management 178: 75-87. doi:10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00054-9 https://www.fs.usda.gov/rm/boise/research/fisheries/fire/FAE%20Papers/FE&M%20Formatted%20version%20Wondzell&King.pdf
*Peter-Contesse, H., Lajtha, K., Boettcher, A., O’Kelley, R., & Mayedo, A. (2024). Unearthing the legacy of wildfires: post fire pyrogenic carbon and soil carbon persistence across complex Pacific Northwest watersheds. Biogeochemistry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-024-01151-1
*Weatherholt, J. A., Johnson, B., Harvey, B. J., & Vogt, D. (2021). Investigating the connections between soil, fire, and water: The characteristics of soil water repellency following fire in the Pacific Northwest. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/47562
Erickson, H. E., & White, R. (2008). DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Soils Under Fire: Soils Research and the Joint Fire Science Program. https://doi.org/10.2737/PNW-GTR-759
*Wall, S. A., Roering, J. J., & Rengers, F. K. (2020). Runoff-initiated post-fire debris flow Western Cascades, Oregon. Landslides, 17(7), 1649–1661. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-020-01376-9
Meigs GW, Donato DC, Campbell JL, Martin JG, Law BE. Forest Fire Impacts on Carbon Uptake, Storage, and Emission: The Role of Burn Severity in the Eastern Cascades, Oregon. Ecosystems (New York). 2009;12(8):1246-1267. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-009-9285-x
*Kang H, Cole RP, Miralha L, Compton JE, Bladon KD. Hydrologic responses to wildfires in western Oregon, USA. Journal of hydrology (Amsterdam). 2024;639:131612. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.131612
Ariel D. Cowan, Jane E. Smith, Stephen A. Fitzgerald, Recovering lost ground: Effects of soil burn intensity on nutrients and ectomycorrhiza communities of ponderosa pine seedlings, Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 378, 2016, Pages 160-172, ISSN 0378-1127, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2016.07.030
Smith JE. Soil heating during the complete combustion of mega-logs and broadcast burning in central Oregon USA pumice soils Cowan AD. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 2016 ;25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF16016
Smith JE. Does the presence of large down wood at the time of a forest fire impact soil recovery? Kluber LA. Forest Ecology and Management. 2017 ;391. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2017.02.013
Jennings TN, Smith JE, Cromack K, Sulzman EW, McKay D, Caldwell BA, Beldin SI. Impact of postfire logging on soil bacterial and fungal communities on biogeochemistry in a mixed-conifer forest in central Oregon. Plant Soil [Internet]. 2010 ;350:19. Available from: http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/journals/pnw_2012_jennings001.pdf
Wagenbrenner JW. Effects of post-fire salvage logging and a skid trail treatment on ground cover, soils, and sediment production in the interior western United States MacDonald LH. Forest Ecology and Management. 2015; 335. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2014.09.016
*Molly Jackson, Joshua J. Roering, Post-fire geomorphic response in steep, forested landscapes: Oregon Coast Range, USA, Quaternary Science Reviews, Volume 28, Issues 11–12,2009, Pages 1131-1146, ISSN 0277-3791, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.05.003
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 [RK2]
Pulido-Chavez, M. Fabiola; Alvarado, Ernesto C.; DeLuca, Thomas H.; Edmonds, Robert L.; Glassman, Sydney I. 2021. High-severity wildfire reduces richness and alters composition of ectomycorrhizal fungi in low-severity adapted ponderosa pine forests. Forest Ecology and Management. 485: 118923-. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.118923.
Erica E. Packard, Daniel M. Durall, Melanie D. Jones, Successional changes in fungal communities occur a few weeks following wildfire in a mixed Douglas-fir-ponderosa pine forest, Fungal Ecology, Volume 63, 2023, 101246, ISSN 1754-5048, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2023.101246
Extension Publications
Keeping Your Forest Soils Healthy and Productive. WSU Extension. 2008. https://pubs.extension.wsu.edu/keeping-your-forest-soils-healthy-and-productive.
Forest Soil Data for Your Forest Stewardship Plan. WSU Extension. 2013. https://pubs.extension.wsu.edu/forest-soil-data-for-your-forest-stewardship-plan-pdf
Webinars and Videos
Assessing tree mortality and salvage logging
Syntheses, research briefs, info graphics, and reports
Soils Under Fire: Soils Research and the Joint Fire Science Program. https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/29927
Pierson FB. Ecohydrologic impacts of rangeland fire on runoff and erosion: A literature synthesis. (Williams JC). Fort Collins: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station; 2016 p. 110 p. Available from: http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs/rmrs_gtr351.pdf
Evaluating Soil Risks Associated With Severe Wildfire and Ground-Based Logging. https://www.fs.usda.gov/pnw/pubs/pnw_gtr840.pdf
Parsons, Annette; Robichaud, Peter R.; Lewis, Sarah A.; Napper, Carolyn; Clark, Jess T. 2010. Field guide for mapping post-fire soil burn severity. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-243. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 49 p. https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/36236
USJS Postfire Debris Flow Hazards: Tips to Keep You Safe. https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2022/3078/fs20223078.pdf
WA DNR - Floods After Fires: What You Should Know about Alluvial Fans and Wildfires. https://www.dnr.wa.gov/publications/ger_fs_alluvial_fans.pdf
USFS Seeding After the Fire Fact Sheet - https://www.oregoninvasivespeciescouncil.org/s/OR_Seeding_Factsheet.pdf
- Post-fire seeding appendix (east side): https://www.oregoninvasivespeciescouncil.org/s/OR_Seeding_Appendix_1_East.pdf
- Post-fire seeding appendix (west side): https://www.oregoninvasivespeciescouncil.org/s/OR_West-Seeding_Appendix_002.pdf
Web-based tools and storymaps
Web Soil Survey
https://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/
EcoTrust Land Mapper
https://landmapper.ecotrust.org/
Rapid Response Erosion Database
WA DNR Wildfire Associated Debris Flow Resources
https://www.dnr.wa.gov/wildfire-debris-flows#post-wildfire-debris-flow-dashboard
- Includes Post Wildfire Debris Flow Dashboard (https://wadnr.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/e7feaba37d1649fa828e38159dd567c2)