Pre-Industrial Fire Regimes of the Western Boreal Forest of Canada
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Creator | David W. Andison |
| Summary | The goal of this project was to develop a first approximation summary of the pre-industrial (NRV) fire regime attributes of the western boreal forest of Canada based on the best available knowledge. The 125 million ha study area represents the western Canadian boreal forest, bordered by the Rocky Mountains to the west, (mostly) the 62 nd parallel to the north, the Manitoba Lakes area to the east, and the US border and/or the grassland interface to the south. This report captures, describes, and summarizes four distinct, but related elements that combine to deliver on this goal. Note that each element is designed to build on the previous one(s): 1) Local historical deep-dive identifying all types and sources of informal fire evidence in the Peace area of Alberta. 2) Fire regime literature review of the study area to provide a common baseline of existing direct knowledge of historical fire regimes in the study area. 3) A two-day workshop designed to elicit knowledge and advice from a national panel of fire regime experts, including a) the most reasonable zonation system for pre-industrial fire regimes, and b) defining fire regime parameters for each zone. 4) A series of follow-up consultations with the same group of fire regime experts to help further refine the workshop output. |
| Local Relevance | Forest fires are a significant issue in NWT. To understand how climate change may be affecting fires in the NWT, an understanding of the pre-industrial baseline is needed. This synthesis report attempts to address that. |
| Notes | |
| Tags | Forest,Wildfire,Research,Synthesis,Vegetation |
| Geographic Region | NWT |
| Release Date | 2019-08-12 |
| Last Modified Date | 2019-08-12 |
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