The study, published in the journal Ecosphere, is one of the first to compare continuous wildlife observations made before and after a megafire. “It’s great to see a Graduate Research Fellow completing such an important study.” “This work is an excellent example of the high-quality research being conducted by graduate students across the country,” said Jacqueline Huntoon, director of NSF’s Division of Graduate Education. National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, is the lead author of a study that analyzed more than 500,000 camera grid images taken at the HREC in the years before and after the Mendocino Complex Fire to understand how the blaze impacted small- and medium-sized mammals on the property. Calhoun, whose graduate education is funded through a U.S. "We were surprised that many species seem to be resistant ," said Kendall Calhoun, also of UC Berkeley. īut mere months after the fire, animals like coyote, gray foxes and black-tailed jackrabbits were seen returning to the area, spotted by a grid of motion-sensor camera traps that Brashares' lab has operated since 2016 at the HREC, a multidisciplinary research and education facility located on the banks of the Russian River.
It was hard to imagine much surviving," said environmental scientist Justin Brashares of the University of California, Berkeley. "It felt like something out of 'The Lord of the Rings' - like Mordor. If you would like to obtain information about a CAL FIRE fire burning in your area that is not included on this web site, please contact the CAL FIRE Unit that services your county.During the summer of 2018, the Mendocino Complex Fire ripped through the University of California Hopland Research and Extension Center (HREC), transforming the Northern California property's grassy, oak-dotted hillsides into a smoldering, ash-covered wasteland. However, the majority of those fires are contained quickly and no information will generally be provided on these incidents at this site if the fire burns less than 10 acres. Fires occur throughout the State within CAL FIRE jurisdiction on a daily basis during fire season.
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