Chisholm and Dogrib Fires
This project began in 2002 and finished in 2005.
On May 2001, a wildfire (Chisholm fire) overran the hamlet of Chisholm, Alberta. In October of the same year, a second fire (the Dogrib fire) threatened Bearberry, Alberta. Both fires were extreme and seriously damaged homes, community infrastructure, industrial operations and equipment. The intensity of the fires and the rate at which they spread raised concerns among Government of Alberta fire managers, industry and community residents.
Subsequently, fRI Research was asked to coordinate research that studied the fires immediate and long-term impacts. In April 2005, a workshop where researchers presented their findings marked the completion of this program.
Peer reviewed paper from the Healthy Landscapes Program.
Presentation given at the 2006 Foothills Model Forest AGM on research done on the Chisholm, Dogrib and Lost Creek fires.
Presentation on methods, statistical analysis, results, discussions and conclusions of this study on the effects of salvage logging on elk habitat.
Presentation on Chisholm fire, research opportunities and precedent fire behaviour, as well as a comparison with the 1968 Vega fire.
Presentation on fire intensity and mechanisms, variables and research of wildfire breaching of barriers.
Presentation on studying nutritional productivity of harvested versus burned sites and factors responsible for differences in nutrient availability.
Presentation outlining research objectives, hypotheses and preliminary conclusions of Simpson's study of boreal moss communities after fire.
Agenda for 2005 workshop on post-fire research on the Chisholm, Dogrib and Lost Creek Fires.
Presentation outlining research objectives and methods, recent and historical fire regimes, fire mapping and fire regime modeling for the C5 FMU.