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United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Intermountain Region Bridger-Teton National Forest Fire Effects Fuel Treatments Monitoring Handbook January 2006 This document was prepared by the Fire Management Staff of the Bridger-Teton National Forest with the help of: Diane Abendroth, Fire Effects Monitor, Grand Teton National Park Dean Clause, Brucellosis Biologist, Wyoming Game and Fish Department Lisa Elenz, Fire Management Officer, Grand Teton National Park Steve Kilpatrick, Ecologist, Wyoming Game and Fish Department Theresa Schneider, Project Habitat Biologist, Wyoming Game and Fish Department Lara Sweeney, Project Habitat Biologist, Wyoming Game and Fish Department Clint Williams, Timber Planning Analyst, USFS Intermountain Region Alma Winward, Regional Ecologist, USFS Intermountain Region  Bridger-Teton National Forest Fire Effects Monitoring Handbook Contents Section Page Introduction 1 Goals and Objectives 1 Background 3 Required Monitoring 3-5 Wildland Fire Use Monitoring 5 Monitoring Plans 5 Developing Objectives 6 Data Collection 6-8 Scheduling 8 Data Storage and Access 8 Data Analysis and Summary Reports 8 GIS and Mapping 9 APPENDIX A 10 INTRODUCTION This document provides direction and reference information for fire effects monitoring of prescribed burns and mechanical fuel treatments on the Bridger-Teton National Forest. Minimum requirements for monitoring before, during, and after prescribed burns and mechanical fuels projects are outlined here. All prescribed burns and mechanical fuel treatments will require a monitoring plan, which must be based on project objectives. Objectives may dictate more comprehensive monitoring than the minimum requirements can address. This plan also provides the Forest’s gui