Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research

 

 

Name: Calvin Farris

Title:  Research Associate

email:

cfarris@ltrr.arizona.edu

office:

 

105 West Stadium

phone:

520-621-5391

office hours:

Whenever you want

 

 

departments:

Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research and Geography and Regional Development

interests:

 

Ecology, Fire History, Spatial Modeling

 

Current Research

Ponderosa pine forests in the Rincon Mountains of southern Arizona have experienced a high frequency of 20th century fires compared to other forests in the West.  In particular, some stands on Mica Mountain have burned at least ten times since 1925.  Luckily, the National Park Service has documented and mapped all fires since 1937. This unique landscape provides an ideal situation to assess basic assumptions and potential biases related to the collection and interpretation of fire scar data.  I am currently conducting research with two main objectives: (1) to compare key spatial and temporal fire frequency parameters reconstructed from fire scar data with mapped fires of known date and extent, and (2) to integrate spatial modeling and gridded fire scar data to reconstruct spatial patterns of historic surface fire probability.  This work is being conducted with Tom Swetnam, Christopher Baisan, and Stephen Yool. We are working in collaboration with Saguaro National Park, the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute, and the USGS Jemez Mountains Field Station.  Results will be forthcoming shortly.  Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. 

 

Ponderosa pine and southwestern white pine in the Rincon Mountains following multiple burns (burn dates are listed at the bottom of each photo)

 

Other Stuff

More research info, links, publications, photos, personal info, etc. coming shortly………………………

 

 

 

 

 

Nostalgia:

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One of my favorite places: Prescribed burning in Lassen Volcanic National Park

in western Lassen County.

 

 

 

Prescribed burning in the high desert country in eastern Lassen County near Smoke

Creek Valley (left). Pine Creek Fire (right)

 

 

Back in the day……..a couple of my dad’s District II photos: Training near Susanville (left)

and mopping up after the infamous Nine Mile Fire (right).

 

 

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