K. Green, M. Tukman, Dylan Loudon, A. Schichtel, K. Gaffney, M. Clark
{"title":"Sonoma County Complex Fires of 2017: Remote sensing data and modeling to support ecosystem and community resiliency","authors":"K. Green, M. Tukman, Dylan Loudon, A. Schichtel, K. Gaffney, M. Clark","doi":"10.51492/cfwj.firesi.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51492/cfwj.firesi.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29697,"journal":{"name":"California Fish and Wildlife Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42663842","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Caltrans’ efforts to reduce the frequency and severity of wildfires while protecting California’s valuable resources","authors":"K. Church, Alex Areval, L. Mcfarlane","doi":"10.51492/cfwj.firesi.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51492/cfwj.firesi.3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29697,"journal":{"name":"California Fish and Wildlife Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45090751","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Elk forage response to prescribed fire in Boyes meadow, Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, California","authors":"L. Williamson, F. Weckerly","doi":"10.51492/cfwj.firesi.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51492/cfwj.firesi.7","url":null,"abstract":"Prescribed fire should increase plant and forage biomass for herbivores in meadows, but the response is likely to be influenced by environmental conditions. Across 15 years prescribed fires occurred every two to four years in September in Boyes meadow, Humboldt County, California. We measured the presence or absence of prescribed fires in September, climatic conditions one month later, Roosevelt elk (Cervus elaphus roosevelti) abundance, and the biomass of elk forage in January. From analysis of a linear mixed effects model we found that prescribed fires increased forage biomass the first January post-burn and even more so a year after the burn. Forage biomass two years post-burn decreased but was still more than three to four years post-burn. October precipitation had a positive effect on forage biomass but we detected no influence from low temperature in October or elk abundance. Given that prescribed fire increased elk forage biomass two years later, continuing to burn Boyes meadow on a three to four year rotation is suggested.","PeriodicalId":29697,"journal":{"name":"California Fish and Wildlife Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48773277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
B. Covellone, Celia S. Pazos, Eric T. Lindberg, Pamela Ybarra, Maher A. Zaher
{"title":"Two years after legalization: Implementing the Cannabis Cultivation Policy in southern coastal California","authors":"B. Covellone, Celia S. Pazos, Eric T. Lindberg, Pamela Ybarra, Maher A. Zaher","doi":"10.51492/cfwj.cannabissi.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51492/cfwj.cannabissi.3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29697,"journal":{"name":"California Fish and Wildlife Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43652435","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Klip, Molly R. Caldwell, D. Ayres, Virginia C. Meyer
{"title":"Effects of a firebreak on plants and wildlife at Pine Hill, a biodiversity hotspot, El Dorado County, California","authors":"J. Klip, Molly R. Caldwell, D. Ayres, Virginia C. Meyer","doi":"10.51492/cfwj.firesi.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51492/cfwj.firesi.4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29697,"journal":{"name":"California Fish and Wildlife Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43664637","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Post-fire species composition and abundance of a lentic-breeding amphibian assemblage: case study of Ledson Marsh","authors":"David G. Cook, M. Hayes","doi":"10.51492/cfwj.firesi.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51492/cfwj.firesi.8","url":null,"abstract":"Amphibians frequently inhabit wildfire-prone environments, but little is known how amphibians respond to fire. This study assessed the post-wildfire species composition and abundance of an amphibian assemblage in an 11.8-ha seasonal marsh. Pre-fire, four native amphibians occupied Ledson Marsh, including: California red-legged frog (Rana draytonii), Pacific treefrog (Pseudacris regilla), California newt (Taricha torosa), and roughskin newt (Taricha granulosa), in addition to the exotic American bullfrog (Rana [Lithobates] catesbeiana). Qualitative data revealed the California newt and Pacific treefrog were abundant species. In 2017, the Nuns Wildfire burned the majority of ground cover within the watershed. Nearly all marsh vegetation burned to charred and desiccated stubble. Renewal of substantial marsh vegetation occurred after one growing season, indicating a protected rootstock in a majority of perennial wetland plants. Post-fire, the same four native amphibians were still present. In addition, western toad (Anaxyrus boreas), a species previously undetected, also appeared. Appearance of western toad is consistent with its positive short-term response to fire, as described in other studies. The California newt and Pacific treefrog remained the two most abundant species post-fire. Over the short-term, the amphibian assemblage appeared resilient, or potentially benefitted, due to the temporary disturbance of wildfire within their lentic breeding habitat. The conclusion is based on the persistence of all pre-fire species, colonization by the western toad, and the return to an earlier successional stage, which may extend the longevity of the marsh. Since the rapid seasonal drying of habitat can increase the likelihood of fire under the current climate trajectory, we need a better understanding of the mechanisms that enable amphibians to cope with fire. This is particularly important over longer timelines and within wetland habitats that have the potential to burn.","PeriodicalId":29697,"journal":{"name":"California Fish and Wildlife Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43028055","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Ayres, Virginia C. Meyer, melanie GoGol-prokurat, Lauren Fety
{"title":"Survival of the rare Packera layneae (Asteraceae), under chaparral and after fire","authors":"D. Ayres, Virginia C. Meyer, melanie GoGol-prokurat, Lauren Fety","doi":"10.51492/cfwj.firesi.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51492/cfwj.firesi.5","url":null,"abstract":"Conservation of rare plants requires an understanding of how the species responds to natural and artificial disturbance dynamics. For chaparral species this includes the natural disturbances of fire and shrub canopy closure during the interfire period, and the effect of shrub clearing for fuel reduction. Packera layneae is a federally listed rare herbaceous perennial subject to all these disturbances; its center of distribution is upon the gabbro soils surrounding Pine Hill in western El Dorado County, CA an area known as a hotspot of botanical diversity. Combining genetic data with mapping following a 2007 wildfire in Shingle Springs, we found that the species survives fire and chaparral overgrowth due to underground rhizomes and caudices that resprout after fire and enable its persistence under dense chaparral canopies; as well, seed recruitment of new genetic individuals occurred within discrete patches. Seedlings were not found the spring following the 2007 fire, suggesting fire killed the soft-walled seeds. Surveys across the Pine Hill area from 2005-2007 found populations flowering and producing seed in recently burned and cleared areas as well as under mature chaparral; however, the proportion of plants flowering decreased as shrub density increased. From our 2019 surveys of a new 4.25 km fuel break around the perimeter of Pine Hill in Rescue, CA (0.983 km2) we found the species resprouted from plants growing under the dense chaparral canopy on the southern, eastern, and western aspects but did not occur on the northern exposure or under dense oak canopy. As the seedling regeneration niche is unknown, preservation of established populations is vital to the long-term persistence of the species.","PeriodicalId":29697,"journal":{"name":"California Fish and Wildlife Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42632938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Rich, Erin C. Ferguson, Ange Darnell Baker, Erin Chappell
{"title":"A review of the potential impacts of artificial lights on fish and wildlife and how this may apply to cannabis cultivation","authors":"L. Rich, Erin C. Ferguson, Ange Darnell Baker, Erin Chappell","doi":"10.51492/cfwj.cannabissi.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51492/cfwj.cannabissi.4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29697,"journal":{"name":"California Fish and Wildlife Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48186544","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Applied science to inform cannabis regulatory efforts, Humboldt County, California","authors":"E. Portugal, Jason Hwan","doi":"10.51492/cfwj.cannabissi.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51492/cfwj.cannabissi.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29697,"journal":{"name":"California Fish and Wildlife Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46846252","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Rich, Stella McMillan, Ange Darnell Baker, Erin Chappell
{"title":"Pesticides in California: their potential impacts on wildlife resources and their use in permitted cannabis cultivation","authors":"L. Rich, Stella McMillan, Ange Darnell Baker, Erin Chappell","doi":"10.51492/cfwj.cannabissi.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51492/cfwj.cannabissi.2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29697,"journal":{"name":"California Fish and Wildlife Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43063339","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}