Sonoran Desert Fire HistoryFeb 4, 2024

A Longitudinal Study of 50-Years of Recovery after Fire

This project, managed by the nonprofit Agua Fria Open Space Alliance (AFOSA), uses observations of burned plots and transects laid out in 1974 to estimate the post-fire recovery time required by Arizona Upland vegetation. AFOSA is a recognized Arizona 501(c)(3) nonprofit charity dedicated to the conservation and preservation of natural ecological systems. This project benefits from a team of experts, including Garry Rogers PhD, Jeff Steele MS, Jim Malusa PhD, Mary Lata PhD, and Benjamin Wilder PhD.

This is what needs to be saved.
  • Project Title: Sonoran Desert Fire History: A Longitudinal Study of 50-Years of Recovery after Fire
  • Applicant: Agua Fria Open Space Alliance, Inc. (AFOSA), An Arizona 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Charity
  • EIN: 26-0378948
  • Project Leaders:
    • Garry Rogers PhD, PI, AFOSA President, former faculty of Columbia University in New York
    • Jeff Steele MS, Owner, Frog Hollow Ranch, former Bureau of Land Management District Manager
    • Jim Malusa PhD, Research Scientist, University of Arizona
    • Mary Lata PhD, Fire Ecologist, Tonto National Forest
    • Benjamin Wilder PhD, Director, Next Generation Sonoran Desert Researchers
  • Contact Information:
The total destruction of desert plants is what we must prevent.

Internet:http://aguafriaopenspace.org/fire-history/

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Fire History

The Sonoran Desert fire history project repeats observations of plots and transects established after fires in 1974. The results will give fire ecologists and managers information useful in choosin…

AGUA FRIA OPEN SPACE ALLIANCE (AFOSA)
Sonoran Desert Fire HistoryFeb 4, 2024

A Longitudinal Study of 50-Years of Recovery after Fire

This project, managed by the nonprofit Agua Fria Open Space Alliance (AFOSA), uses observations of burned plots and transects laid out in 1974 to estimate the post-fire recovery time required by Arizona Upland vegetation. AFOSA is a recognized Arizona 501(c)(3) nonprofit charity dedicated to the conservation and preservation of natural ecological systems. This project benefits from a team of experts, including Garry Rogers PhD, Jeff Steele MS, Jim Malusa PhD, Mary Lata PhD, and Benjamin Wilder PhD.

This is what needs to be saved.
  • Project Title: Sonoran Desert Fire History: A Longitudinal Study of 50-Years of Recovery after Fire
  • Applicant: Agua Fria Open Space Alliance, Inc. (AFOSA), An Arizona 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Charity
  • EIN: 26-0378948
  • Project Leaders:
    • Garry Rogers PhD, PI, AFOSA President, former faculty of Columbia University in New York
    • Jeff Steele MS, Owner, Frog Hollow Ranch, former Bureau of Land Management District Manager
    • Jim Malusa PhD, Research Scientist, University of Arizona
    • Mary Lata PhD, Fire Ecologist, Tonto National Forest
    • Benjamin Wilder PhD, Director, Next Generation Sonoran Desert Researchers
  • Contact Information:
Fire carried by invasive weeds can totally destroy desert plants.

Internet:http://aguafriaopenspace.org/fire-history/

Submit a form.

https://fire-history.org/2024/02/04/sonoran-desert-fire-history/

#arizona #fireHistory #sonoranDesert #wildfire

Fire History

The Sonoran Desert fire history project repeats observations of plots and transects established after fires in 1974. The results will give fire ecologists and managers information useful in choosin…

AGUA FRIA OPEN SPACE ALLIANCE (AFOSA)
Show threadMikPetterMay 13, 2023
@jhaue from the article Charcoal deposited on the dune surface by past fires collects in sediment layers at the base of the dune. Patton et al 2023/Quaternary Research. “.. newly published research focuses on four well-dated sand dunes. Unlike previous studies that extracted fire histories from sediment cores from lakes, bogs and other organic sediments, we extracted fire records from these dunes. We believe this is a breakthrough that will greatly expand the areas for which we can extract fire histories….
For the first 1,000 years after the dunes stabilised, frequent but minor flows of sand grains down the front face of the dune slowly built up sediments at the foot of the dune. The sand deposited at the base includes the remnants of charcoal from local fires that deposited on the dune’s surface. This sediment builds up over time, preserving layers of charcoal from fires..”
#fire #CarbonDating #FireHistory #Holocene