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IAHS Banff Wildfire and Water Quality Conference presentations and posters

Adrienne Scott, David F. Scott, and Maja Krzic. An Assessment of Soil Water Repellency After Wildfire in Southern British-Columbia: Methodologies and Indicators


Akihiro Koyama, Kirsten Stephan, and Kathleen L. Kavanagh. Mechanisms leading to nitrate accumulation in soils and nitrate leaching to streams in coniferous forests of central Idaho, USA


Alicia M. Kinoshita and Terri S. Hogue. Advancing post-fire spatial and temporal hydrologic recovery prediction with an emphasis on remote sensing


Ashley Covert and Peter Jordan.  A Rainfall Simulator to Measure Erosion Response on Different Burn Severities in Southern British Columbia (poster)


Ashley Webb. Reducing Wildfire Risk in Water Supply Catchments using Payments for Ecosystem Services


Barbara C. Ruddy. A New Technique for Evaluating Postwildfire Debris Flows


B.G. Krishnappan, Mike Stone and Uldis Silins.  Modeling post wildfire sediment transport in the Oldman River basin


Christoph Langhans, Gary Sheridan, Petter Nyman, Patrick Lane and Philip Noske.  A rapid risk assessment procedure for post-fire hydrologic hazards in South Eastern Australia


Cristina Santín, Stefan H. Doerr, Richard A. Shakesby, Rob Bryant , Gary J. Sheridan, Patrick N.J. Lane, Hugh G. Smith, William H. Blake and Tina L. Bell. Organic and inorganic constituents in wildfire ash and their potential threat to water quality


David F. Scott. A test of four rehabilitation methods in reducing sediment yield from wildfire sites in British Columbia


Deirdre Dragovich, Ashley A. Webb and Reza Jamshidi. Suspended Sediment Yield following Wildfires in a Mixed Species Eucalypt Forest, southeastern Australia


Don Allin, Mike Stone, Uldis Silins, Monica Emelko, Adrian Collins The effects of wildfire on sediment-associated phosphorus speciation in the Crowsnest River basin, Alberta


Ellen L. Petticrew, Philip N. Owens, Lito Arocena and Tim R. Giles. Impact of Wildfire on Sources of Stream Sediment Organic Matter


Gareth Clay and Fred Worrall. Fire and water quality: the case from the UK uplands


Gary Sheridan. Fires, storms, and water supplies: modeling the post-fire window of hydrologic risk (Invited speaker)


Hugh Smith, William H. Blake and Philip N. Owens. The application of sediment tracers to determine sediment sources following wildfire


Jeffrey H. Writer, Blaine McCleskey and Sheila F. Murphy. Carbon and nutrient export from a burned watershed and impacts on stream biofilms.


Jens Brauneck and Manfred Lange. The applicability of black carbon for tracing soil erosion: fire impacts on landscape dynamics in Cyprus


John Moody. Identifying Gaps in Understanding and Modelling Post-Wildfire responses (Invited Speaker)


Joseph Wagenbrenner, Peter Robichaud and Robert Brown. Changes in peak flows and sediment yields from the Wallow Fire, Arizona


K.J. Devito, C.A. Mendoza, D. Olefeldt, R.M. Petrone, D.K. Thompson and J.M Waddington. Landscape controls on the short-term sensitivity of Boreal Plain ponds/lakes to wildfire


Kathleen Little and Mike Stone. The effect of in-stream wood on channel morphology in wildfire impacted headwater streams of the Rocky Mountains


Kevin D. Bladon, Uldis Silins, Micheal Stone, Monica B. Emelko, Sarah Boon, Chris H.S. Williams and Michael J. Wagner. Limiting nutrients, algae, and macroinvertebrates: A cascading series of ecohydrological effects after wildfire in Canada’s Rocky Mountains


Lee MacDonald, Isaac Larsen, Duncan Eccleston and Keelin Schaffrath. Post-fire Erosion, Mitigation Treatments, and Recovery in the Colorado Front Range: Processes and Understanding


M.R. Peart, L. Fok and R.D. Hill. Fire and sediment in an upland stream in Hong Kong
Mana Gharun, Tarryn Turnbull and Mark Adams. Post fire Water Use Dynamics in Mixed Species Eucalypt Forests


Mark Southwell, Martin Thoms and Michael Reid. Double trouble: the influence of wildfire and regulation on fine sediment accumulation in the Cotter River, Australia


Martin Thoms. The issue below the surface: changes in riverbed sediment structure following wildfires


Michael A. Reid, Martin C. Thoms. Changes in benthic community structure and function in an Australian regulated upland stream following wildfire


Monica Emelko. Impacts of wildfire  on water treatability (Invited Speaker)


Patricia Kennie and Jim Bogen. Seasonal variations in sediment-bound chemical elements deposited in a Norwegian glacial lake (Poster)


Peter Jordan. Sediment Yields and Water Quality Effects of Severe Wildfires in Southern British Columbia


Peter Jordan and Ken Soneff. Risk Analysis Procedure for Post-Wildfire Natural Hazards in British Columbia (poster)


Peter R. Robichaud. After The Smoke Clears: Evaluating Post-fire Erosion Risk


Peter R. Robichaud, Joseph W. Wagenbrenner, Robert E. Brown and Peter Jordan. Using Simulated Rill Experiments to Measure Post-fire Erosion in Pacific Northwest and Southern British Columbia Forests


Philip N. Owens, Tim R. Giles and Ellen L. Petticrew. Impact of a wildfire on the metal and nutrient content of suspended and channel bed sediment


Rene van der Sant, Gary Sheridan, Patrick Lane and Peter Nyman. The hydro-geomorphic sensitivity of forested water catchments to wildfire: an example from south-east Australia


Rowena Morris, Deirdre Dragovich and Dertram Ostendorf. Hillslope erosion processes and post-fire sediment trapping at Mount Bold, South Australia


Sandra R. Ryan and Kathleen Dwire. Wildfire Impacts on Stream Sedimentation: Revisiting the Boulder Creek Burn in Little Granite Creek


Sarah Boon, Uldis Silins, Katie Burles, Chris Williams and Michael Wagner. Post-wildfire hydrology in a snow-dominated region, southern Rocky Mountains, Alberta, Canada


Sarah M. Beatty and James E. Smith. Infiltration under tension into water repellent post-wildfire soils


Scott Stephens, Brandon Collins and William Elliot. Landscape-level effects of fire and forest management on forest and soil resources in a northern Sierra Nevada watershed, California, USA


Sheila F. Murphy, R. Blaine McCleskey and Jeffrey H. Writer. Effects of hydrologic conditions on post-wildfire water quality in the Colorado Front Range


Stefan Doerr. Wildfire ash: production, composition and its potential effects on the hydrological system (Invited Speaker)


Stuart Mackinnon, David F. Scott and Peter Jordan. Hydraulic Properties of Burned and Unburned Forest Soils in the Interior of British Columbia


Tarryn Turnbull, Alexandra M. Barlow, Thomas N. Buckley, Mana Gharun and Mark A. Adams. Canopy re-establishment and leaf physiology of resprouting eucalypts explain increases in vegetation water use after wildfire


Terri S. Hogue, Megan P. Burke, Janet Barco and Alicia Kinoshita. Impact of the Southern California Station Fire on Urban-fringe Pollutant Loads


Thomas N. Buckley, Tarryn L. Turnbull, Sebastian Pfautsch, Mana Gharun and Mark A. Adams. Seven years after stand-replacing fires, regrowth Eucalyptus delegatensis uses 120% more water than mature stands


Tim Giles. Pear Lake Post-Wildfire Debris Flows
U.C. Sharma and V. Sharma. Impact of shifting cultivation forest fire on the soil composition, sediment transport and freshwater ecosystem