ORWW Wildfires: Forest Stream References

Forest Stream References

Effects of wildfire on streams, water quality, erosion, fish populations.

Wildfire: Atmosphere & Climate. Effects of wildfire on air quality; weather and wildfire; climate change; Global Warming.

Wildfire: Economics. Costs of suppression, loss of resources, effects on rural communities.

Wildfire: Forest Fuels. Types of fuels, fuels history, fuels management, prescribed fire, combustability.

Wildfire: Forest Soils. Effects of wildfire on soils, soil productivity, soil chemistry.

Wildfire: Salvage Logging. Scientific research and opinion, legal actions, and management results.

Bisson, Peter A., Bruce E. Rieman, Charlie Luce, Paul F. Hessburg, Danny C. Lee, Jeffrey L. Kershner, Gordon H. Reeves, and Robert E. Gresswell 2003. “Fire and Aquatic Ecosystems of the Western USA: Current Knowledge and Key Questions,” Forest Ecology and Management. No. 178: 213-229.[PDF]

Boix-Fayos, C., M. Martinez-Mena, E. Arnau-Rosalen, A. Calvo-Cases, V. Castillo, J. Albaladejo 2006. “Measuring Soil Erosion by Field Plots: Understanding the Sources of Variation,” Earth Science Review. No. 78: 267-285.[PDF]

Dunham, J. B., M. K. Young, R. E. Gresswell, and B. E. Rieman 2003. “Effects of Fire on Fish Populations: Landscape Perspectives on Persistence of Native Fishes and Nonnative Fish Invasions,” Forest Ecology and Management. No. 178: 183-196.[PDF]

Dwire, Kathleen A. and J. Boone Kauffman 2003. “Fire and Riparian Ecosystems in Landscapes of the Western USA,” Forest Ecology and Management. No. 178: 61-74.[PDF]

Miller, Daniel, Charlie Luce, and Lee benda 2003. "Time, Space, and Episodicity of Physical Disturbances in Streams," Forest Ecology and Management. No. 178: 121-140.[PDF]

Salwasser, Hal and others 2002. Comments on the Biscuit Fire. Unpublished email discussion among Hal Salwasser, James Agee, Carl Skinner, and other scientists and US Forest Service resource managers regarding the Biscuit Fire, from September 11 to October 3, 2002: 24 pp.[PDF]

Rhodes, Jontahon J. 2007. The Watershed Impacts of Forest Treatments to Reduce Fuels and Modify Fire Behavior.Pacific Rivers Council, Eugene, Oregon: 94 pp.[PDF]

Rieman, Bruce E, Charles H. Luce, Robert E. Gresswell, and Michael K. Young 2003. "Editorial: Introduction to the Effects of Wildland Fire on Aquatic Ecosystems in the Western USA," Forest Ecology and Management. No. 178: 1-3.[PDF]

Spencer, Craig N., Kristin Odney Gabel, and F. Richard Hauer 2003. "Wildfire Effects on Stream Food Webs and Nutrient Dynamics in Glacier National Park, USA. Forest Ecology and Management. No. 178: 141-153.[PDF]

Wright, Richard F. 1976. The Impact of Forest Fire on the Nutrient Influxes to Small Lakes in Northeastern Minnesota," Ecology. Vol. 57, No. 4: 649-663. [PDF]