The research conducted at Teakettle is designed to provide scientists, land managers,
and local communities essential information regarding the management of fire-dependent
ecosystems. We welcome the opportunity to share this information and work
collaboratively with any and all interested parties.
Interactive DVD Project
Through funding from the Joint Fire Sciences Program an
interactive DVD of the experiment is underway. Filming at Teakettle was
completed at the end of August and the film is currently being edited by the
director, Janice Bowen. It should be completed by late November, at which
time the film will be passed to Lobitos Creek and put on an Interactive
DVD. The completed product is scheduled to be finished in May 2006.
For more details of the project, you can download a copy of the grant proposal
here.
Research at Teakettle has been conducted by scientists and students (both undergraduate
and graduate) from a variety of agencies and institutions around the world. Any
scientist or student interested in conducting research at Teakettle is welcome to join
the project. All data sets are available to researchers in the project (see notice of
agreement on data access page), including extensive tree mapping, microclimate, soils,
and invertebrate community information. Please review the list of personnel associated
with the Teakettle project and contact those researchers whose interests match your own
or contact
Malcolm North
(Project Coordinator) for more information.
Community Outreach
Local communities can be significantly impacted by management actions on surrounding
public lands. Silvicultural and prescribed fire treatments have a range economic,
social, and ecological effects that extend beyond the boundaries of any particular
experiment. Forest land management actions influence, among other things, air quality,
local fire danger, recreation, and tourism. It is our goal to keep the public informed
on the research being conducted at Teakettle. To this end we periodically arrange
tours of the research site for interested groups or organizations. Visitors to date
have included local and regional environmental organizations, timber industry
representatives, undergraduate and graduate field trips, and Forest Service personnel
from local units to Washington, DC Office directors. For more information, please contact
Malcolm North.
Natural Resource Management
One goal of our research is to synthesize the various component studies to determine
treatment thresholds that affect ecosystem productivity and resilience. Following
the initial assessment of the stand treatments conducted at Teakettle, we will host
annual applied workshops to discuss the ecological effects of different thinning and
prescribed fire treatments. These workshops will include class material and field
inspections, and will be open to federal, state, and private land managers, fire
management personnel, and the scientific community. If you wish to participate in
these workshops, please contact
Malcolm North.