1. WelcomeChequamegon National Forest, Wisconsin and FARSITE Surface Fire InteractiveBy Jacob LaCroix, LEES Lab, UT • Introduction • Fire Spread • Red Pine • Site Photos • Simulation • Data Table • Graph • Hardwood • Site Photos • Simulation • Data Table • Graph • Jack Pine • Site Photos • Simulation • Data Table • Graph • Acknowledgments • Contact • Jacob.LaCroix@utoledo.edu • About • FARSITE • JFSP • LEES Lab University of Toledo Introduction: My goal with this project was to place fires on the Chequamegon National Forest, in the model FARSITE, in different habitats and to vary the weather in the simulations to see if landscape structure and/or moisture would affect how far the fires would spread in 15 days. Choose a location from the map.

2. Choose a Location. Red Pine Stands Northern Hardwoods Jack Pine Barrens No more activities, end. Lake Lenawee N Fire Tower Twin Lakes Campground Horseshoe Lake Horse Camp Back to outline Legend Red = Litter with no under story, Red Pines Green = Litter with under story, Northern Hardwoods Yellow = Brush < 2 ft high, Pine Barrens Brown = Light Logging Slash, Clear cuts Moquah Natural Area Pipeline Bladder Lake Pipeline 1 2 3 Miles

3. Northern Hardwoods Forest Type Characterized by FARSITE as fuel with litter and under story. Northern Hardwoods may include species like Sugar Maple, Red Maple, Red Oak, White Oak, Ironwood, Hazelnut and can, in this exercise, include softer Birches and Aspens. Back to outline http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/cnnf/reports/report1999/ http://sevilleta.unm.edu/research/crosssite/carbon/images.htm

4. Northern Hardwoods: Choose the number of days for the fire to last and the level of rain desired. End Back to locations Back to outline

5. Jack Pine Barrens Habitat Characterized by FARSITE as surface fuel that is brushy, up to 2 feet high. Jack Pine can grow on sand left behind by the glaciers. The sand barrens in Michigan have Jack Pines that are the only habitat of the Kirtland’s Warbler. Kirtland's Warbler An endangered species that requires Jack Pine habitat. Back to outline http://www.americanforests.org/productsandpubs/magazine/archives/2002winter/feature1_1.php http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/images/veg/Savanna/Jack_pine,_aspen_VK.html http://www.parkpoint.org/reports/vegetation_survey_report/vegsurvey.htm

6. Jack Pine Barrens: Choose the number of days for the fire to last and the level of rain desired. End Back to locations Back to outline

7. Red Pine Stands Characterized by FARSITE as fuel with litter but no under story. http://sevilleta.unm.edu/research/crosssite/carbon/images.htmhttp://www.johndee.com/pix/2002/mar15-3.jpg Back to outline

8. Red Pine Stands: Choose the number of days for the fire to last and the level of rain desired. End Back to locations Back to outline

9. Acknowledgements • This work is supported by a grant from the Joint Fire Science Program. • Persons involved are from the Landscape Ecology and Ecosystem Sciences Laboratory (LEES) at the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio. • Thanks go to the United States Forest Service and the creators of FARSITE. Back to outline