FIRE EFFECTS GUIDE - National Wildfire Coordinating Group

(d) Changes in monitoring procedures.
(7) After management review and decision(s), evaluation report should
be filed in the appropriate file(s) and required followup actions assigned
and initiated. This report should be signed and dated by the preparer
and the reviewing official.
(8) Followup on management decision(s) - repeat evaluation process.
b. Wildfire - fire effects evaluation.
(1) Brief summary of wildfire extent and effects.
(a) Date and acreage of public lands burned.
(b) Prefire vegetation.
(c) Map of the burned area including soil mapping units.
(d) Multiple-use objectives identified in land use plan, e.g., watershed
value, wildlife habitat, livestock forage.
(e) Interdisciplinary team findings.
i. Estimated percent survival of key plant species.
ii. Potential for postfire erosion and sedimentation.
iii. Potential for invasion of site by exotic species.
(2) Recommendation for postfire actions.
(a) Postfire rehabilitation actions, e.g.,
i. Seeding, including recommended species and seeding rates.
ii. Contour falling of trees.
iii. Construction of instream structures to control channel erosion.