Chairs: Ge Sun, USDA Forest Svc, Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center, Raleigh, NC, United States and Kevin D. Bladon, Oregon State University, Department of Forest Engineering, Resources, and Management, Corvallis,, OR, United States
Primary Conveners: Ge Sun, USDA Forest Svc, Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center, Raleigh, NC, United States
Co-conveners: Kevin D. Bladon, Oregon State University, Department of Forest Engineering, Resources, and Management, Corvallis,, OR, United States and Li Chen, Desert Research Institute, Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Las Vegas, NV, United States
OSPA Liaisons: Li Chen, Desert Research Institute, Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Las Vegas, NV, United States
Effects of Wildfires and Fuel Treatment Strategies on Watershed Water Quantity across the Contiguous United States
Ge Sun1, Peter V Caldwell2, Steven P Norman3, Erika Cohen1, Steve G. McNulty1 and Yongqiang Liu4, (1)USDA Forest Svc, Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center, Raleigh, NC, United States, (2)Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, USDA Forest Service, Otto, NC, United States, (3)USDA Forest Service, Asheville, NC, United States, (4)USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA, United States
Impacts of Wildfire on Interception Losses and Net Precipitation in a Sub-Alpine Rocky Mountain Watershed in Alberta, Canada.
Chris Williams1, Uldis Silins1, Michael J Wagner2, Kevin D. Bladon3, Amanda Mary Martens1, Axel Anderson4, Micheal Stone5 and Monica B. Emelko5, (1)University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, (2)Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development, Calgary, AB, Canada, (3)Oregon State University, Department of Forest Engineering, Resources, and Management, Corvallis,, OR, United States, (4)Foothills Research Institute, Hinton, AB, Canada, (5)University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Predicting watershed sediment yields after wildland fire with the InVEST sediment retention model at large geographic extent in the western USA: accuracy and uncertainties
Joel B Sankey1, Jason Kreitler2, Jason McVay1, Todd J Hawbaker3, Nicole Vaillant4 and Scott Lowe5, (1)USGS Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (2)USGS, Baltimore, MD, United States, (3)US Geological Survey, Lakewood, CO, United States, (4)Western Wildland Environmental Threat Assessment Center, USDA Forest Service, Prineville, OR, United States, (5)Boise State University, Boise, ID, United States
Erosion and Sedimentation from the Bagley Fire, Eastern Klamath Mountains, Northern CA
Juan A De La Fuente1, Steve Bachmann2, Christine Mai3, Ryan Mikulovsky4, Zackary J Mondry3, Brad Rust3 and Dave Young3, (1)US Forest Service Yreka, Yreka, CA, United States, (2)U.S. Forest Service, McCloud, CA, United States, (3)U.S. Forest Service, Redding, CA, United States, (4)U.S. Forest Service, Willows, CA, United States
Impacts of Wildfire and Salvage Harvesting on Stream Nitrogen across Nine Years of Watershed Research
Uldis Silins1, Kevin D. Bladon2, Chris Williams1, Amanda Mary Martens1, Michael J Wagner1, Monica B. Emelko3, Monica B. Emelko3 and Micheal Stone3, (1)University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, (2)Oregon State University, Department of Forest Engineering, Resources, and Management, Corvallis,, OR, United States, (3)University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Hillslope Erosion and Water Quality from the Rim Fire, Sierra Nevada, CA
Tim J Kuhn1, Lauren J Austin2, Harrison Forrester1, Stephen B DeLong3, Rebecca Lever4 and James W Roche1,4, (1)Yosemite National Park, Division of Resources Management and Science, El Portal, CA, United States, (2)Yosemite National Park, El Portal, CA, United States, (3)US Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, United States, (4)UC Merced, Merced, CA, United States
Ground Fire Effects on Hydrology and Habitat: Implications for Fire Management in Areas with Organic Soil
Casey Adam Schmidt1, Adam Watts1, Daniel L Mclaughlin2 and David A Kaplan3, (1)Desert Research Institute Reno, Reno, NV, United States, (2)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, Blacksburg, VA, United States, (3)University of Florida, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States