File:Horsetail Wetland Restoration site looking east. (39696552064).jpg
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Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership scientists were granted access by the U.S. Forest Service to enter the still-closed Horsetail Wetland Restoration site to investigate the project’s post-fire needs. Wearing hardhats and following the proscribed safety protocol, staff encountered localized areas of small ground fires in the 2013 western project area. Charred branches could be seen here or there, however, this downed wood only appeared to have smoldered and did not spread significantly. As a whole, the 30 acres of riparian plantings installed during the project were not compromised and the staff were heartened to see the plants marching on in height and girth, filling the understory, and continuing to displace invasive vegetation. The eastern half of the Horsetail floodplain was not quite so lucky. While the majority was unscathed, ground fires here ripped through approximately 16 acres of floodplain, fueled by dry grasses, shrubs, and downed branches from the 2016 ice storm. Flames leapt up and climbed the trunks of the riparian overstory as well: Oregon ash and willow trees showed varying intensities of charring up to 20 feet high. Our scientists suspect that any native tree and shrub understory perished in this burn. However, the twiggy tops of the hardwood trees rise above their blackened trunks and appear live and swelling in anticipation of spring. Unfortunately reed canary grass, the dominant invasive at the site, shows no ill effects from being burned, and is re-sprouting from its rooted thatch in full. Lower Columbia Estuary Partnerships looks forward to to working with the Forest Service for continued habitat restoration monitoring work. |
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| Source | Horsetail Wetland Restoration site looking east. |
| Author | U.S. Forest Service- Pacific Northwest Region |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region at https://flickr.com/photos/135886671@N08/39696552064 (archive). It was reviewed on 13 September 2018 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark. |
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This image is a work of the Forest Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.
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