Hanford Site Post-Fire Vegetation Monitoring Report for Calendar Year 2021

Technical Report · Sun Sep 12 20:00:00 EDT 2021

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/3013153· OSTI ID:3013153

Norris, E. S.

The Hanford Site presents an expanse of shrub-steppe habitat that provides exceptional value to plants and animals located on the Site and in the surrounding greater Columbia Basin. The greatest threat to this habitat is fire-related conversion to a cheatgrass-dominated monoculture. In order to decrease future fire risk and to disrupt the positive feedback cycle between cheatgrass and fire, land managers can make efforts to restore native vegetation following a fire. The goal of this report is to analyze vegetation recovery post-fire in both restored and unrestored areas to inform future post-fire response actions.

• Research Organization: Hanford Mission Integration Solutions
• Sponsoring Organization: U.S. DOE EM
• DOE Contract Number: 89303320DEM000031
• OSTI ID: 3013153
• Report Number(s): HNF-67070, Rev. 0
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English