Quantifying long‐term post‐fire sediment delivery and erosion mitigation effectiveness

PR Robichaud, SA Lewis… - Earth Surface …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Large wildfires can have profound and lasting impacts not only from direct consumption of
vegetation but also longer‐term effects such as persistent soil erosion. The 2002 Hayman …

PFHydro: a new watershed-scale model for post-fire runoff simulation

J Wang, MA Stern, VM King, CN Alpers… - … Modelling & Software, 2020 - Elsevier
Runoff increases after wildfires that burn vegetation and create a condition of soil-water
repellence (SWR). A new post-fire watershed hydrological model, PFHydro, was created to …

Post-fire wood mulch for reducing erosion potential increases tree seedlings with few impacts on understory plants and soil nitrogen

JL Jonas, E Berryman, B Wolk, P Morgan… - Forest Ecology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Following high-severity wildfire, application of mulch on the soil surface is commonly used to
stabilize slopes and limit soil erosion potential, protecting ecosystem values at risk. Despite …

A synthesis of post-fire Burned Area Reports from 1972 to 2009 for western US Forest Service lands: trends in wildfire characteristics and post-fire stabilisation …

PR Robichaud, H Rhee, SA Lewis - International Journal of …, 2014 - CSIRO Publishing
Over 1200 post-fire assessment and treatment implementation reports from four decades
(1970s–2000s) of western US forest fires have been examined to identify decadal patterns …

Opportunistic vegetation in quarry soil restoration from semiarid South East Spain: Pines and spontaneous species

L Luna, R Lázaro, I Miralles… - Land Degradation & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The objective of our study was to undestand the effect of two organic amendments on three
planted autochthonous species in two substrates mulched with pine chips 6 years after …

Remote sensing of vegetation conditions after post-fire mulch treatments

VD Vo, AM Kinoshita - Journal of environmental management, 2020 - Elsevier
Wildfires are becoming more prevalent and are impacting forests, watersheds and important
resources. Hydrologic and geomorphic processes following wildfires can include erosion …

Wood chips as soil conservation in field conditions

L Gholami, A Khaledi Darvishan, A Kavian - Arabian Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
The soil conditioner in processes of soil conservation is important especially in heavily
eroded areas. Because in this study done in Educational and Research Forest Watershed of …

Arthropod Recolonization of Soil Surface Habitat in Post-Fire Mulch Treatments

C Mott, A Antoninka, R Hofstetter - Forests, 2023 - mdpi.com
Increasing size, severity, and human proximity to fires in the western US are driving a need
for more effective ecosystem restoration in the immediate post-fire period. Surface …

Learn from the burn: the High Park Fire 5 years later

S Miller, C Rhodes, P Robichaud… - Science You Can …, 2017 - research.fs.usda.gov
It has been 5 years since the High Park Fire burned over 85,000 acres in Northern Colorado,
causing extensive property damage, loss of life, and severe impacts to the water quality of …

Surficial stabilization of wildfire-burnt hillslopes using xanthan gum and polyacrylamide

ID Akin, SS Garnica, PR Robichaud… - Geotechnical and …, 2022 - Springer
Post-wildfire erosion and the slope instability issues associated with it are a global problem
that can negatively affect transportation corridors, the environment, and human life …