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2011 Wildland Fire Season in New Mexico-Forests and Woodlands
Dr. Douglas CramNew Mexico State University
Photo Credit: NOAA
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Composite Satellite Image 2011 (NOAA)
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NOAA Satellite Image June 20, 2011
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Range Improvement Task ForceCooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences Photo by John Fowler
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Range Improvement Task ForceCooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences Photo by Kristen Hornig
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Range Improvement Task ForceCooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences Photo by Kristen Hornig
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Range Improvement Task ForceCooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences Photo by Morgan Petroski
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Range Improvement Task ForceCooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
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Range Improvement Task ForceCooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences Photo by Burt Stalter
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Range Improvement Task ForceCooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
2011 Large SW Forest Fires
White – 10,356 acresLas Chance – 53,342Miller – 88,835Horseshoe 2 – 222,954Mayhill – 31,861Wallow, AZ – 538,049Track – 27,792Wallow, NM – 15,407Pacheco – 10,250Las Conchas – 156, 593Lookout – 22,687
Total – 1,178,126 acres
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Range Improvement Task ForceCooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
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Range Improvement Task ForceCooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Burn Severity Mapping
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Range Improvement Task ForceCooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Las Conchas Burn Severity
• High 28,470 ac 25%• Moderate 39,910 ac 36%• Low 43,450 ac 39%
“Not all of the acreage within the fire perimeters burned severely and in fact much was unburned or burned only at low and moderate severity.”
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Range Improvement Task ForceCooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Low, Moderate, or High?
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Range Improvement Task ForceCooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Low, Moderate, or High?
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Range Improvement Task ForceCooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Low, Moderate, or High?
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Range Improvement Task ForceCooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Low, Moderate, or High?
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Range Improvement Task ForceCooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Moderate Burn Severity
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Range Improvement Task ForceCooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Moderate Burn Severity
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Range Improvement Task ForceCooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Las Conchas Burn Severity
• High 28,470 ac 25%• Moderate 39,910 ac 36%• Low 43,450 ac 39%
“…much of these areas burned as we would expect them to…”
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Range Improvement Task ForceCooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
41 trees135 years
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Range Improvement Task ForceCooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
475+ yrs old32+ fires
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Range Improvement Task ForceCooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
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Range Improvement Task ForceCooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Doug Cram [email protected]
575-646-8130