tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188642669907788257.post1282282137996101791..comments2024-03-20T14:47:34.192-07:00Comments on Reading the Washington Landscape: Scrub-Steppe Fire Near KennewickDan McShanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17044037213245602667noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188642669907788257.post-84143127587585905992016-09-13T08:47:40.332-07:002016-09-13T08:47:40.332-07:00Interesting. Based on where I am at the moment--Gr...Interesting. Based on where I am at the moment--Grand Jct area--I can see how cheatgrass could do that! We don't have much in the Laramie area, but here there are huge stands of cheatgrass with scattered shrubs.Hollishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788942181934895493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188642669907788257.post-32335275991696651412016-09-12T15:17:15.335-07:002016-09-12T15:17:15.335-07:00I am not the best person to answer that question. ...I am not the best person to answer that question. It is a really good question. What I can say is that fire intensity due to cheat grass has increased and is thought to be detrimental to the previously existing plant mix and particularly hard on sage brush and other brush plants. Periodic burning of sage and other brush must play a role in grass systems as very old sage stands or juniper can become rather mono culture. The edge habitat and impacts to riparian areas must also be important.Dan McShanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17044037213245602667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188642669907788257.post-59800818085753943722016-09-12T13:44:08.184-07:002016-09-12T13:44:08.184-07:00Are fires considered important for regeneration? a...Are fires considered important for regeneration? as in chaparral?Hollishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788942181934895493noreply@blogger.com