Fire and Aquatic Ecosystems

Purpose 
Below is a list of fire-aquatic management questions that we have put together with input from field units.  The purpose of these questions is to identify the key aquatic questions that land managers have associated with fire and related forest health activities (e.g., thinning and salvage) so that we can use them to 1) link existing available science to specific questions, 2) show the linkage to the R1/R4 Adaptive Fire Management Projects to alert managers to developing science and expertise, and 3) provide the scientists with a list to help them determine research needs and priorities. 
This list will be continuously updated to reflect current management concerns on fire-aquatic issues.  We hope that this list will facilitate a closer link between research studies and management concerns and provide managers with emerging theory and results in a more efficient and timely manner. Please feel free to provide feedback on these questions.  Comments should be sent to Kerry Overton.
 

The headers below link to the management questions by topic.

 Fire Management and Riparian Systems:

	Fire suppression in riparian systems
	Wildfire and riparian systems
	Management of riparian buffer strips

Fire and Watershed Processes:

	Fire and aquatic habitats
	Fire and soil processes
	Upland forest restoration and watershed processes

Fire and Aquatic Population Response:  

	Ecological context and resilience of populations  to fire
	Fire and non-native and native fishes
	"Uncharacteristic" fires and aquatic ecosystem

Post-fire Management Activities and Aquatic Ecosystems:

	Effectiveness of BAER treatments
	Fire salvage activities and aquatic  ecosystems
	Livestock grazing in post-fire  environments

Conflicts, Opportunities and Priorities:

	Priorities and opportunities in terrestrial and aquatic  ecosystems
	Managing forests, eliminating threats, and improving  aquatic ecosystems
	Disturbance and the maintenance of processes