All of the initial sites represent forests with a historically short-interval, low- to moderate-severity fire regime. Eight sites are in western coniferous forests, ranging from the Pacific Northwest to the Southwest. These sites share the fact that ponderosa pine is an important tree component, but sites vary in composition of other conifers and differ substantially in topographic and soil parameters. Two sites are in the southeastern U.S.--one in the Piedmont and one on the Coastal Plain--and are dominated by mixtures of southern pines with hardwood understories. Rounding out the network is a site in the midwestern oak-hickory type of Ohio. Collectively, these sites comprise a network that is truly national in scope. Depending on the level of interest and support available, future sites in the same or other fire regimes may be added to the network.
Initial network sites:
- Mission Creek, north-central Washington, Wenatchee National Forest.
- Hungry Bob, Blue Mountains of northeast Oregon, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest.
- Lubrecht Forest, University of Montana, northern Rockies, western Montana.
- Klamath Mountains, northwestern California, one or more national forests, possibly other ownerships.
- Blodgett Forest Research Station, University of California-Berkeley, central Sierra Nevada, California.
- Sequoia National Park, southern Sierra Nevada, California (satellite to Blodgett Forest Research Station site).
- Southwest Plateau, Coconino and Kaibab National Forests, northern Arizona.
- Jemez Mountains, Santa Fe National Forest, northern New Mexico.
- Ohio Hill Country, lands managed by the Wayne National Forest, the Ohio Division of Forestry, Mead Paper Corporation, and The Nature Conservancy, southern Ohio.
- Southeastern Piedmont, Clemson Experimental Forest, northwestern South Carolina.
- Florida Coastal Plain, Myakka River State Park, southwest Florida.
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