Course

Title

FireWorks for the Northern Rocky Mountains and Northern Cascades - M18 & H17: History of Stand-replacing Fire
Course Type: FireWorks activities
Availability: Public access
Author(s): FireWorks Educational Program
Contact(s):
  • Ilana L. Abrahamson
    US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire, Fuel, and Smoke Science Program
    ilana.l.abrahamson@usda.gov
Date Created: March 13, 2018
Ongoing

Cataloging Information

Keyword(s):
  • fire regime
  • stand age
  • stand history
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Record Maintained By:
FRAMES Staff; https://www.frames.gov/contact
Record Last Modified: February 17, 2020
FRAMES Record Number: 25910

Description

Lesson Overview: Students use information from 11 cross-dated increment cores to figure out the approximate age of a forest stand that originated after stand-replacing fire.

Lesson Goals: Understand how scientists can determine the time when a stand-replacing fire occurred. Be able to assemble and interpret a stand history diagram and discuss evidence for a stand-replacement fire regime.

Objectives:

  • Students can follow technical directions in order to record observations and help assemble a stand history diagram.
  • Students can describe the fire history shown by a stand history diagram that contains 2 cohorts of trees.
Online Link(s):
M18 and H17: High Severity Fire History - Lesson Plan (1.0 MB; pdf)
Fire History Background - Stand Replacing (92 KB; pdf)
Fire History Background - Stand Replacing Powerpoint (63 KB; ppt)
Fire History Template - Stand Replacing Powerpoint (49 KB; ppt)
Handout M18 and H17-1 (80 KB; pdf)
Handout M18 and H17-2 (162 KB; pdf)
Increment Core Photos (3.1 MB; pdf)
Increment Core Photos Powerpoint (3.1 MB; ppt)
Potholes Study Area (7.5 MB; pdf)
Potholes Study Area Powerpoint (7.3 MB; ppt)