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Author(s):
Donald F. Potts, David L. Peterson, Hans R. Zuuring
Year Published:

Cataloging Information

Topic(s):
Fire Effects
Ecological - Second Order
Soils
Water
Fire & Economics
Ecosystem(s):
Subalpine wet spruce-fir forest, Subalpine dry spruce-fir forest, Montane wet mixed-conifer forest, Montane dry mixed-conifer forest, Ponderosa pine woodland/savanna

NRFSN number: 11220
FRAMES RCS number: 11302
Record updated:

Water yield and sediment production almost always increase after wildfire has destroyed vegetative cover. The value of water generally is not as much appreciated in the water-rich northern Rocky Mountains as it is elsewhere. Increased water yield becomes economically beneficial, however, when its potential for consumptive and nonconsumptive uses is realized. Whether the effects of increased sedimentation are aesthetic, biological, physical, or economic, they are usually detrimental.

Citation

Potts, Donald F.; Peterson, David L.; Zuuring, Hans R. 1985. Watershed modeling for fire management planning in the northern Rocky Mountains. Res. Pap. PSW-RP-177. Berkeley, CA: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 16 p.