Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest | Northern Rockies Fire Science Network

The Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest (TCEF) was established in 1961. Elevation of the TCEF ranges from about 6,000 to 8,000 feet, and freezing temperatures are possible in any month of the year.

Ecology

TCEF is dominated by lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia) forest types. The most common habitat type found on the Experimental Forest is subalpine fir/grouse whortleberry (Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium scoparium). The subalpine forests of the TCEF are mixed-age stands that reflect the area's fire history.

Documents

2016 Forest fuels and potential fire behaviour 12 years after variable-retention harvest in lodgepole pine Justin S. Crotteau et al.
2012 Roads impact the distribution of noxious weeds more than restoration treatments in a lodgepole pine forest in Montana, U.S.A. Jennifer L. Birdsall et al.
2012 Management guide to ecosystem restoration treatments: two-aged lodgepole pine forests of central Montana, USA Sharon M. Hood et al.
2012 Experimental forests and climate change: views of long-term employees on ecological change and the role of Experimental Forests and Ranges in understanding and adapting to climate change Laurie Yung et al.
2008 Surface fuel litterfall and decomposition in the Northern Rocky Mountains, U.S.A. Robert E. Keane
2008 Using bark char codes to predict post-fire cambium mortality Sharon M. Hood et al.
2006 Two-aged silvicultural treatments in lodgepole pine stands can be economically viable Ward W. McCaughey et al.
2006 Estimating canopy fuel characteristics in five conifer stands in the western United States using tree and stand measurements Elizabeth D. Reinhardt et al.
2006 The use of silviculture and prescribed fire to manage stand structure and fuel profiles in a multi-aged lodgepole pine forest Colin C. Hardy et al.
2006 Snow accumulation in thinned lodgepole pine stands, Montana, USA Scott W. Woods et al.
2005 Effect of alternative silvicultural treatments on snow accumulation in lodgepole pine stands, Montana, U.S.A. Scott W. Woods et al.
2005 Estimating forest canopy bulk density using six indirect methods Robert E. Keane et al.
2005 Stereo photo guide for estimating canopy fuel characteristics in conifer stands Joe H. Scott et al.
2004 Role of fire in determining annual water yield in mountain watersheds Phillip E. Farnes et al.
2004 Analysis of algorithms for predicting canopy fuel Kathy L. Gray et al.
2003 Using airborne laser altimetry to determine fuel models for estimating fire behavior Carl A. Seielstad et al.
2003 Research on stand management options for reducing fuels and restoring two-aged lodgepole pine communities on the Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest Ward W. McCaughey
2003 Stem mortality in surface fires. Part II: experimental methods for characterizing the thermal response of tree stems to heating by fires Daniel M. Jimenez et al.
2002 Assessment of the line transect method: an examination of the spatial patterns of down and standing dead wood Duncan C. Lutes
1999 Flumes, historic water yield and climatological data for Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest, Montana Phillip E. Farnes et al.
1998 Appendix A - Biological assessment, TCEF research project for Lewis and Clark National Forest Donald Godtel
1998 Environmental assessment: Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest - Vegetative treatment research project, Kings Hill Ranger District, Lewis and Clark National Forest, Meagher County, Montana Gloria E. Flora et al.
1998 Modeling effects of prescribed fire on wildlife habitat: stand structure, snag recruitment and coarse woody debris Colin C. Hardy et al.
1997 Methods for the quantification of coarse woody debris and an examination of its spatial patterning: a study from the Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest, MT Paul B. Alaback et al.
1997 Restoring fire in lodgepole pine forests of the Intermountain West Colin C. Hardy et al.
1997 Historic role of fire in determining annual water yield from Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest, Montana Ward W. McCaughey et al.
1993 Fire history of Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest Lewis and Clark National Forest Stephen W. Barrett

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