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FOREST SERVICE: BRIDGE POST-FIRE BAER ASSESSMENT TECHNICAL-WATERSHED RESPONSE REPORT RELEASEDThe Forest Service—Angeles National Forest completed a Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) post-fire assessment and technical watershed response report for the Bridge burned area and affected watersheds to determine their response, soil conditions, potential threats. The report summarizes the post-fire watershed assessment and expected response.

Phase 2 Line Post-Fire BAER Soil Burn Severity Map ReleasedOctober 17, 2024

Forest Service BAER Soil Scientist Explains How Wildfire Affects Burned WatershedsAfter the fire is contained, the emergency continues. While a forest fire can have a huge impact on trees and shrubs, the fire also affects the soil. 

Airport Post-Fire BAER Soil Burn Severity Map ReleasedOctober 2, 2024USDA Forest Service Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) specialists recently completed their data gathering and analysis for the Airport Fire burned area to produce a post-fire Soil Burn Severity (SBS) map. 

Bridge Post-Fire BAER Soil Burn Severity Map ReleasedOctober 1, 2024USDA Forest Service Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) specialists recently completed their data gathering and analysis for the Bridge Fire burned area to produce a post-fire Soil Burn Severity (SBS) map. 

Line Post-Fire BAER Soil Burn Severity Map ReleasedSeptember 27, 2024USDA Forest Service Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) specialists recently completed their data gathering and analysis for the Line Fire burned area to produce a post-fire Soil Burn Severity (SBS) map. 

Forest Service Teams Begin Post-Fire Assessments of Southern California WildfiresThree Forest Service Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) teams have been established by the San Bernardino, Cleveland, and Angeles national forests (NFs) to begin post-fire burned area assessments of the Line, Airport, and Bridge fires that recently burned on National Forest System, state, and private lands. Forest Service BAER team assessments typically take approximately two weeks to complete.

BAER INFORMATION BRIEF: Preparing for Rain After California WildfiresPreparing for Rain After California WildfiresPOST-FIRE WATERSHED CONDITIONS—KEY MESSAGESWhile many wildfires cause minimal damage to the land and pose few threats to the land or people downstream, some fires cause damage that requires special efforts to prevent problems afterwards.

BAER INFORMATION BRIEF: Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) LimitationsWhile many wildfires cause minimal damage to the land and pose few threats to the land or people downstream, some fires result in damage that requires special efforts to reduce impacts afterwards. Loss of vegetation exposes soil to erosion; water run-off may increase and cause flooding, soil and rock may move downstream and damage property or fill reservoirs putting community water supplies and endangered species at-risk.

BAER INFORMATION BRIEF: Fire Severity and Fire Intensity Effects