Fire and Fire Surrogate Study -

  Southeastern Piedmont

 

 

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Timeline (field season 2000-05)

2000

April - May                         Installation of grid points

17 May                               Beginning of vegetation and fuel sampling

23 May                              FFS Piedmont site organizational meeting

31 May                               Start installing pitfall traps; soil sampling begun

19 July                               Completion of pitfall and pitfall array installation

24 July                               Pathology work begun

26 July                               Completion of vegetation and fuel sampling

08 August                          Bird surveys completed for breeding season

09 August                          Completion of tree coring and pathology field work

11 August                          Soil incubation for nutrient availability completed

16 August                          Bulk density sampling completed

28 August                          Litter sampling begun

31 August                          Small mammal traps deployed

01 September                   Inspection of southern pine beetle (SPB) infestation

02 September                   SPB cruises to identify possible problems for treatment areas conducted

09 September                   Pitfall traps opened

13 September                   Installation of new Rep 1 Thin due to SPB infestations

19 September                   Buffer cut to control SPB infestation in Rep 2 Burn

28 September                   Completion of litter sampling

30 September                   Small mammal traps opened -- trap for 5 days at 2 treatment areas

02 October                        Vegetation and feul sampling for replacement stand for Rep 1 Thin begun

17 October                        Processing (drying and weighing) of litter and duff samples completed

26 October                        Vegetation sampling of Rep 1 Thin New completed; all pre-treatment data collection completed

05-07 November               National FFS meeting in Clemson, SC

15 December                    Small mammal trapping completed

18 December                    Thinning operations commenced

2001

05 April                               Thinning operations completed

10 April                               Prescribed burning initiated - Rep 1 Burn

11 April                               Prescribed burn at Rep 3 Burn

12 April                               Prescribed burn at Rep 2 Burn

01 May                                Litter and duff pins measured

08 May                                Post-treatment fuels and vegetation sampling commences

21-23 August                      Soil collection for microbial diversity conducted

13 September                     Field sampling completed for 2001

25 October                          Beetle cruise to assess damage for each treatment area

06-08 November                 National FFS meeting, Enterprise, OR

23 November-12 Dec         Litter and duff desctructive sampling

2002

29 January-12 Feb            Southern pine beetle spots GPS’ed for 2000 and 2001

12 February                       Begin fuel measurements for Thin & Burn treatment areas

25 February                       Post-thin/pre-burn fuel sampling completed for Thin & Burn sites

07-08 March                      Rep 1 Thin & Burn prescribed fire

25 March                           Rep 2 Thin & Burn prescribed fire

28 March                           Rep 3 Thin & Burn prescribed fire

30 April                              Litter and duff pins measured on Thin & Burns

22 May                              Begin vegetation and fuel sampling

18 July                              Fuels sampling completed for 2002

16-18 July                        Beetle cruise for all Clemson treatment areas

30 July                             Vegetation data collection completed for 2002

30 July - 14 August          Litter and duff collection for Thin & Burn treatment areas

10 September                  Processing of litter and duff samples for Thin & Burn completed

24-26 September             National FFS meeting in Columbus, OH

02 October                       WS-2000 weather stations and hygrothermographs deployed

03 October                       MK-III weather stations established

08 October                       Begin planning for replacement sites because of SPB infestations

22-29 October                  Landscape Ecosystem Classification (LEC) measured

07 November                    Data collection for weather stations begins

13 November                    Replacement site for Rep 1 Control established

14 November                     Replacement site for Rep 1 Burn established

20 November                     Rep 2 Burn replacement site established

2003

06 January                        HOBO weather stations installed

07 January                        Rep 3 Burn replacement installed

05 May                              Field work begun at replacement sites (Rep 1 Control)

17 June                             Vegetation fuel work complete for Clemson sites

25 June                             Fuels data collection completed at Clemson sites

20-23 October                   National FFS meeting in Sequoia/Kings Canyon, CA

2004

10 March                          Prescribed burn conducted at Rep 2 Burn

24 March                          Rep 1 Burn prescribed burn

19 April                            Rep 3 Burn prescribed burn

04 May                             Begin fuel and vegetation sampling on Control sites

04 August                         Field sampling completed

 

2005

10 March                        Prescribed burn conducted at rep 2 Thin & Burn

06 April                           Prescribed burn conducted at Rep 1 Thin & Burn

04 May                           Prescribed burn at Rep 3 Thin & Burn

12 May                           FFS field work begins on Control sites

08 June                          Vegetation work completed for all sites except Thin & Burn

15 June                          Fuels completed for 2005

26 July                           Begin vegetation sampling at Thin & Burn sites

04 August                       All FFS field work completed for 2005

17-20 October                National FFS meeting, Andalusia, AL