Blue Mountain Site

Location: Modoc County, near Tulelake, CA
Land Management Agency: USDA Forest Service, Modoc National Forest, Doublehead Ranger District
SageSTEP Site Manager: Jaime Ratchford
Plots: Three core plots (Control, Burn, Mechanical)
Elevation: 4800-5400 ft.
Topography: N aspect
Common Vegetation: Western Juniper, mountain big sagebrush, Idaho fescue, Sandberg bluegrass, bluebunch wheatgrass
Soils:
Fire Regime: Historically frequent to moderately frequent (10-70 years), low intensity to mixed severity fires. Woodland invasion suggests that the majority of these communities have not burned since the late 1800’s. As woodlands gain dominance, the fire regime shifts to infrequent, high-intensity fires.
Representative Land Base: Several million acres in eastern OR, northeastern CA, southwestern ID, and northwestern NV.
Treatments Implemented: Fall 2007. For more information, click here.

Click here to download the Blue Mountain Site Fact Sheet (PDF, 931KB).