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1:55 - Method, Progress and Conclusion Thus Par From 

 o-Jucy o Recovery of Ohr/^acrai Prom Tire. 



MOOPJ] : 



One of the projects asci-ned to me during the past 



year was a study of the Recovery of Chaparral from ]?ire. 

 The method used was the eviration of as iar,ny areas of 

 burned chaparral as possible, in connection with other field 

 vor::. ai of fort was made to find cut when the areas r ^ 

 were burned, how the fires started, how much destruction 

 vac caused, and any facts in connection with the manner of 

 recovery, 



Two sample plots in "burned chaparral wore laid 

 out a year and a half a-o, in order that the exact rate of 

 recovery raiht bo moasuied. These will "be visited during 



the latter par!; 01 the present month. 



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Measurements will also "be made on small sample 

 plots in order to arrive at an idea of the density of chap- 

 arral sprouts at various a.^e. , The results of 11137- obser- 

 vations thins far are as fol loirs: 



1, Practically all of the ohaparral area on the Santa 

 Barbara has "been burned over within tho past 40 or 50 years* 



E, xJLl chaparral fires are crown fires. The chaparral 

 spocios are so bushy that their leaves come very near the 

 ground, so that any fire on the ground is soon com ninicated 

 to the twin's and leaves which are, in most species, oily 

 enough to burn. 



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