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Project 01B-3-3-18

Fire Regimes of Forests in the Transverse and Peninsular Ranges of Southern California.

Carl Skinner

Geographer, Science Team Leader, US Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station, Silviculture Laboratory, 3644 Avtech Parkway, Redding, CA 96002. 530 226 2554. FAX 530 222 5091. E-Mail: cskinner@fs.fed.us

Dr. Scott Stephens

Assistant Professor of Fire Sciences, 139 Mulford Hall MC# 3114 Ecosystem Sciences, Environmental Science Policy and Management, University of California Berkeley. 94720-3114. 510 642 3704. FAX: 510 643 5438. E-maill: stephens@nature.berkeley.edu

Dr. Rick Everett

Post-Doctoral Researcher, 139 Mulford Hall MC# 3114 Ecosystem Sciences, Environmental Science Policy and Management, University of California Berkeley. 94720-3114. 510 643 4773. FAX: 510 643 5438.E-mail: everett@nature.berkeley.edu

Abstract:

The goal of the project was providing fire regime reference data for coniferous forests, assisting in the development of fire management and forest plans under consideration or under revision within the four National Forests. Fire scar dendrochronology is used in many areas of the United States in reconstructing historical patterns of fire frequency, fire season, and fire extent. Certain portions of California (southern Sierra Nevada and the Lake Tahoe Basin) have been extensively sampled for fire history, but similar research has been lacking for the southern California mountains. Here we provide fire history information for conifer forests within the four National Forests of southern California (Los Padres, Angeles, San Bernardino, and Cleveland), and one California State Park (Cuyamaca Rancho State Park) in the Peninsular and Transverse mountain ranges of southern California.

On-line Product 1: Web Summary

On-line Product 2: Complete Report

On-line Product 3: Digital Images from Project 01B-3-3-18. (under construction)