Effectiveness of Post-Fire Seeding at the Fitzner-Eberhardt Arid Land Ecology Reserve, Washington (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781497353657)

In August 2007, the Milepost 17 and Wautoma fires burned a combined total of 77,349 acres (31,302 hectares) of the Fitzner-Eberhardt Arid Land Ecology Reserve (ALE), part of the Hanford Reach National Monument administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Mid- Columbia National Wildlife Refuge. In 2008, the USFWS implemented a series of seeding and herbicide treatments to mitigate potential negative consequences of these fires, including mortality of native vegetation, invasion of Bromus tectorum (cheatgrass), and soil erosion. Treatments included combinations of seeding (drill and aerial), herbicides, and one of six different mixtures of species. Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis (Wyoming big sagebrush) also was planted by hand in a small area in the southern end of the fire perimeter.

Author: U. S. Department of the Interior
ISBN-10: 1497353653
ISBN-13: 9781497353657
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 03/30/2014
Pages: 48
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.10d