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Summary of Research on the Chisholm,
DogRib
and Lost Creek Fires
Foothills Model Forest
AGM
November 21, 2006
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Outline
• Recent fire regime shifts
• Chisholm project
• DogRib project
• Lost Creek project
• Summary
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Alberta Class E fires by natural
subregion
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Project Development
• SRD commitment to support post fire research on three high intensity/severity fires
• Chisholm fire – May,2001
• DogRib fire – October,2001
• Lost Creek fire – July,2003
• Projects to be managed through the FMF
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Collaborators
• University of Alberta
• Alberta Sustainable Resource Development
• Canadian Forest Service
• Bandaloop Landscape Ecosystem Services
• Jasper National Park
• Shell Canada
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Overview of Projects
• Firesmart communities • Disturbance dynamics in riparian zones • Effects of fire and harvesting on CWD, beetle populations, plant
succession • Elk foraging patterns • Fire growth modeling • Fire behavior in aspen under severe spring burning conditions • Fire regime of the C5 management unit • Community attitudes – Crowsnest Pass • Shell Canada reclamation study of fireguards • FERIC fuel management study
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Chisholm Fire
• Precedent fire behavior in Canada
• provided an outstanding opportunity for fire and forest management research.
• recognized immediately by Alberta government-committed funding through the Foothills Model Forest.
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Chisholm convection Column at 1930 hrs on May 28, 2001
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Forest Fire Behavior Prediction
(FBP) System
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Chisholm Fire May 28th
Fire Behavior on Chisholm East
East flank of highway near
Hondo 2110
Flammability of fuels from hand
ignition line 1200 SE corner
Convection column to 45,000 Ft
Edmonton radar 1930
Flammability of fuels from aerial
ignition line 1247 east side
East flank SE of Chisholm C2
fuels 1652
Flammability of fuels from aerial
ignition line 1356 east of Chisholm
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Fire intensity comparisons –
1968,1972, 1978, 2001
• 1968 Vega fire – 137,000 kW/m
• 1972 CFS plots – 15 to 390 kW/m
• 1978 CFS re-burn - 4,392 kW/m
• 2001 Vega re-burn – 27,000 kW/m
• 2001 Chisholm re-burn – 261,000 kW/m
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•Drought conditions in 1968 and 2001 contributed to high consumption of downed-woody fuel and forest floor
CFS Plots (kg/m2)
Vega Fire Plots (kg/m2)
Forest floor consumption 1.5 0.9 - 3.7
Downed-woody consumption 6.1 0.5
Total Fuel consumption 7.6 1.4 - 4.3
Predicted TFC (FBP System) 1.3 1.3
CFS Plots Vega Fire Plots
Mineral soil exposure (average %) 30 0
Tree bole-scorch height (m) 3.6 0.5
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Dog Rib Creek Fire
October 2001
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Lost Creek Fire
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Repeat Photograhpy
• 1913/14 Bridgeland Survey Photography
• 2006 Repeat Photgraphy
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1934 Castle River Fire Area
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1917 – Mclaren fire, Crowsnest Mountain in background
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Crowsnest Pass/Lost Creek fire
research project
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• Proposal for fuel treatments submitted to SRD
(White zone):
– Individual stem thinning (2 m crown spacing)
– Cluster thinning
– Open Douglas Fir (> 3 m crown spacing)
– Juvenile spacing
– Debris disposal
– Cut to length versus full tree
– Pile and burn versus chip and spread
Research proposal
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Crowsnest Pass - Background
• Project funded by Lost Creek Research
fund (Foothills Model Forest)
• The research fits within the existing
Crowsnest Pass FireSmart plan
• Research is guided by committee from
the Crowsnest Pass
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CNP related projects: NWT – 3
plots ready
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CNP related projects: NWT – 3
plots ready
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Crowsnest Pass – research sites
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Crowsnest Pass - Background
• Project funded by Lost Creek Research
fund (Foothills Model Forest)
• The research fits within the existing
Crowsnest Pass FireSmart plan
• Research is guided by committee from
the Crowsnest Pass
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Crowsnest Pass – 2006 data collection
• 6 weeks at ASRD’s
Gap fire base
• 4-5 person crew
(FERIC technician and
international forestry
students on
internships)
• 80 line transects at two
sites
• Average of 4 transects
per day
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Lost Creek Fire Revegetation
Monitoring Project
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Lost Creek Fire Revegetation
Monitoring Project
• Greater than 360 km of dozer guard
constructed
• Rollback reclamation / no topsoil salvage
• Four seed mixes with paired unseeded
treatments
• Forest and grassland sites monitored
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Lost Fire Dozer Guard and Treatment Sites
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Treatment Comparisons
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Quicknotes
Quicknote 1: Fire, soils and site productivity.
Quicknote 2: Is Woody Debris Important for Biodiversity?
Qicknote 3: Aspen Stands Stop Fires, Don’t They?
Quicknote 4: Dead mosses don’t lie down.
Quicknote 5: Below the surface of fire and harvesting effects.
Quicknote 6: Incorporating Spotting and Breaching Considerations into Prometheus-the Canadian Wildfire Growth Model.
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Reports and papers
• Lawson, Bruce.. Fuel management implications for aspen types: Chisholm fire analysis. FERIC Fuel Management Workshop. September,2003.
• Quintilio,Dennis..Fuel and fire behavior characteristics of the Chisholm and Vega fires. CIF Technical Session. March,2003.
• Lawson, Bruce. Fire behavior in immature aspen stands under severe spring burning conditions: does fire history matter. Final report to Foothills Model Forest. January, 2004.
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CIF/SAF Field Tour
• October 6th, 2004
• 1 hour stop at the Chisholm fire
• Poster boards describing boreal fire
ecology,Chisholm fire chronology, and
research projects and results
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Phase 111 Accomplishments
• Beyond the borders
• Three PhD graduates
• Industry sponsorship
• Improved community safety in Alberta
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Summary
• FMF is an appropriate home for this type of project
Peer management guidance and review
collaborative research agreements with many agencies
administrative support
Excellent technology transfer
www.fmf.ab.ca