Award Period
to
Award Amount
$23,074
Agency Name
Nature Conservancy
Award Number
SB200210-Task2
PI First Name
Max
PI Last Name
Moritz
Area/s of Research
Ecology and Evolution
Abstract
- Compilation of Landsat images: 2 hours (Shane)
- Compile and analyze data from local archives: 20 hours (Undergraduate assistant)
- Creation of initial fire map: Estimated at 80 hours (Shane 60 hours, Undergraduate assistant 20 hours)
- Validation and finalization of fire map: 20 hours (Shane)
- Vegetation Classifications: 200 hours (Shane 150 hours, Undergraduate assistant 50 hours)
- Fire Behavior Modeling: 100 hours (Shane 100 hours)
- Develop recommendations around the use of prescribed fire in the future for habitat management at the Preserve based on the analysis and conclusions from tasks/deliverables 1-6. Recommendations will include the co-development (with TNC) of an experimental prescribed burning plan (i.e. potential burn units – sizes, timing, etc.), that could be implemented along with the JLDP Rangeland Management Plan over the next 2-5 years. Burn recommendations will be developed based on relevant goals, as articulated by TNC in the Integrated Resources Management Plan and Rangeland Management Plan – these could include, among others, reduction in invasive plant species, expansion of Gaviota tarplant populations, reduction in woody shrub encroachment on the Preserve’s coastal terraces.
- Field validation for fuel model maps and current vegetation maps: 80 hours (Shane+Undergraduate as team. 80 hours of work each, 160 human hours total)
- Creation of variables and analysis: 20 hours (Shane)
- Final Compiling and Preparation of Deliverables: 10 hours (Shane)