We hosted a single day field trip that made four stops within the 2021 Telegraph Fire perimeter. The Telegraph Fire, human caused and still under investigation, started 1.5 miles southeast of Superior, Arizona on June 4, 2021 and burned 180,757 acres before being fully contained approximately one month later. The fire was primarily carried by Sonoran Desert grass, brush, short manzanita, mesquite, and eventually reached elevations with ponderosa pine. Topics discussed during this field trip were the strategy of initial attack, the role of invasive grasses, restoration and recovery, habitat loss of endangered species such as the Mexican Spotted Owl, BAER report and response, and pine ecology.
GIS StoryMap coming soon!
