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Fire Effects Publications:

Robichaud, P.R.; McCool, D.K.; Pannkuk, C.D.; Brown, R.E.; Mutch, P.W. 2001. Trap Efficiency of Silt Fences Used in Hillslope Erosion Studies. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Soil Erosion Research for the 21st Century, 541-543. January 3-5, 2001, Honolulu, HI. St. Joseph, MI: American Society of Agricultural Engineers.

Robichaud, P.R.; Beyers, J.L.; Neary, D.G. "After the Fire, Before the Storm." CE News (February 2001): 54-62.

Robichaud, P.R. 2000. Forest fire effects on hillslope erosion: what we know. Watershed Management Council Networker, Winter 2000.

Robichaud, Peter R.; Beyers, Jan L.; Neary, Daniel G. 2000. Evaluating the effectiveness of postfire rehabilitation treatments. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-63. Fort Collins: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 85 p. [ HTML - Abstract of Evaluating the effectiveness of postfire rehabilitation treatments | PDF - Evaluating the effectiveness of postfire rehabilitation treatments (729k) ]

Pannkuk, C.D.; Robichaud, P.R.; Brown, R.E.. 2000. Effectiveness of needle cast from burnt conifer trees on reducing erosion. ASAE Paper No. 005018. Presented at the 2000 ASAE Annual International Meeting, July 9-12, 2000, Milwaukee, WI. St. Joseph, MI: American Society of Agricultural Engineers. 15 p. [ not currently available ]

Robichaud, P.R. 2000. Fire and Erosion: Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Post-Fire Rehabilitation Treatment, Contour-Felled Logs. Proceedings from the Conference on Watershed Management and Operations Management, June 20-24, 2000, Fort Collins, CO. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers. 11 p.

Robichaud, P.R.; Hungerford, R.D.; Gasvoda, D.S., inventors; The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, asignee. 2000. Method for the measurement of forest duff moisture content. U.S. Patent 6,078,181. June 20. 9 p. Int. Cl⁷G01R 27/26.

Robichaud, P.R.; Miller, S.M. 1999. Spatial Interpolation and Simulation of Post-burn Duff Thickness after Prescribed Fire International Journal of Wildland Fire, 1999, 9(2):137-143.

Robichaud, P.; Ford, G. 1999. Water Repellant Soils in Northern Rocky Mountains, USA. U.S.D.A. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station and Idaho Panhandle National Forests. Poster. [ HTML - abstract of Water Repellant Soils in Northern Rocky Mountains, USA | PDF - Water Repellant Soils in Northern Rocky Mountains (104k) ]

Robichaud, P.R.; Brown, R.E. 1999 Measuring Rill Erosion Rates in a Steep Forest Environment. U.S.D.A. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station. Poster. [ HTML - Measuring Rill Erosion Rates in a Steep Forest Environment | PDF - Measuring Rill Erosion Rates in a Steep Forest Environment (383k) ]

Robichaud, P.R.; Hungerford, R.D.; Gasvoda, D.S., inventors; The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, asignee. 1999. Apparatus and method for the measurement of forest duff moisture content. U.S. Patent 5,920,195. July 6. 9 p. Int. Cl⁶G01R 27/26. [ HTML - Abstract of Apparatus and method for the measurement of forest duff moisture content | PDF - Abstract of Apparatus and method for the measurement of forest duff moisture content (2523k) ]

Robichaud, P.R.; Brown, R.E. 1999. What Happened After the Smoke Cleared: Onsite Erosion Rates After a Wildfire in Eastern Oregon. Proceedings of the Annual Summer Specialty Conference (Track 2: Wildland Hydrology), 419-426. June 30-July 2, 1999, Bozeman, MT. Herndon, VA: American Water Resources Association.

Robichaud, P.R.; Elliot, W.J.; Pierson, F.B.; Wohlgemuth, P.M. 1999. Risk Assessment of Fuel Management Practices on Hillslope Erosion Processes. Proceedings of the Joint Fire Science Conference and Workshop, Volume II, 58-64. June 15-17, 1999, Boise, ID. Moscow, ID: University of Idaho, International Association of Wildland Fire.

Robichaud, P.R. 1999. Fire effects on infiltration rates after prescribed fire in Northern Rocky Mountain forests, USA Journal of Hydrology, May 1999, 231-232(2000):220-229.

Robichaud, P.R.; Hungerford, R.D. 1999. Water repellency by laboratory burning of four northern Rocky Mountain forest soils Journal of Hydrology, April 1999, 231-232(2000):207-219.

Elliot, W.; Robichaud, P. 1998. Risk analysis after fire with WEPP. Burned Area Emergency Rehabilitation Course, Reno, NV. March 31, 1998. USDA Forest Service Region 5. 4 p.

Robichaud, P.R. 1997. Geostatistics: a new tool for describing spacially-varied surface conditions from timber harvested and burned hillslopes. ASAE Annual International Meeting, Minneapolis, MN. Paper No. 97-2029. St. Joseph, MI: American Society of Agricultural Engineers. [ not currently available ]

Robichaud, P.R. 1997. Forest fire: friend or foe? Resource: Engineering and Technology for a Sustainable World. 4(5): 7-8. [ PDF - Forest fire: friend or foe? (697k) ]

Robichaud, P.R.; Monroe, T.M. 1997. Spacially-varied erosion modeling using the WEPP for timber harvested and burned hillslopes. ASAE Annual International Meeting, Minneapolis, MN. Paper No. 97-5015. St. Joseph, MI: American Society of Agricultural Engineers. [ not currently available ]

Robichaud, P.R. 1996. Spacially-varied erosion potential from harvested hillslopes after prescribed fire in the Interior Northwest. Ph.D. dissertation. Moscow, ID: University of Idaho. [ not currently available ]

Elliot, W.J.; Page-Dumroese, D.; Robichaud, P.R. 1996. The effects of forest management on erosion and soil productivity. Proceedings of the Symposium on Soil Quality and Erosion Interaction, Keystone, CO, July 7, 1996. Ankeney, IA: Soil and Water Conservation Society. 16 p. [ go to All Publications to request printed version ]

Robichaud, P.R.; Waldrop, T.A. 1994. A Comparison of surface runoff and sediment yields from low- and high-severity site preparation burns. Water Resources Bulletin 30(1): 27-34. [ not currently available ]

Robichaud, P.R.; Luce, C.H.; Brown, R.E. 1993. Variation among different surface conditions in timber harvest sites in the southern Appalachians. In: Proceedings of the International Russian, United States, Ukrainian Workshop on Quantitative Assessment of Soil Erosion, September 1993, Moscow, Russia. West Lafayette, IN: The Center for Technology Transfer and Pollution Prevention, Purdue University. 231-241. [ go to All Publications to request printed version ]

Robichaud, P.R.; Shahlaee, A.K. 1991. Plot runoff studies in a Georgia Piedmont forest. ASAE Summer Meeting, Albuquerque, NM. Paper No. 91-2064. St. Joseph, MI: American Society of Agricultural Engineers. [ not currently available ]

Shahlaee,A.K.; Nutter, W.L.; Morris, L.A.; Robichaud, P.R. 1991. Erosion studies in burned forest sites in Georgia Piedmont. Proceedings, Fifth Federal Interagency Sedimentation Conference, Las Vegas, NV. Volume 1. 3-31--3-38. [ not currently available ]

Robichaud, P.R.; Molnau, M. 1990. Measuring soil roughness changes with an ultrasonic profiler. Transactions, American Society of Agricultural Engineers. 33(6): 1851-1858. [ not currently available ]

Robichaud, P.R. 1989. An ultrasonic profiler for the measurement of soil surface roughness. Master's thesis. Moscow, ID: University of Idaho. [ not currently available ]