Waldo Vegetation Cover Increase 2012 to 2013

Waldo Vegetation Cover Increase 2012 to 2013

February 5, 2014 by RMFI

Check out this map created by US Geologic Survey's Special Applications Science Center in Denver. It displays their assessment of vegetative recovery on the Waldo Canyon Burn Scar from post-fire in July 2012 to September 25, 2013. The product shows a few areas of vegetative loss likely due to trees dying over the winter/summer as a result of damage from the fire; however, there is a significant amount of recovery. While some of the re-vegetation is attributed to natural recovery, many of the areas shown on the product are places where hand work was conducted over the spring/summer/autumn. 

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