Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)

Central Oregon Live-Fuel Moisture Monitoring

Project ID: HAA087204

Federal Agency: Bureau of Land Management

Partner Institution: Oregon State University

Fiscal Year: 2008

Initial Funding: $7,153

Total Funding: $46,100

Project Type: Technical Assistance

Project Disciplines: Biological

Principal Investigator: Reuter, Ron

Agreement Technical Representative: Babb, Geoff

Abstract: This monitoring project will alert fire management personnel to current and potential fire behavior conditions, as well as indicate fire season severity. The project will promote awareness of the role that live-fuel moisture conditions play in determining intensity and severity of burning conditions related to fire behavior. (Re-numbered by BLM to L08AC13750.)