Fire in the Cross Timbers
The "Fire in the Cross Timbers" curriculum is available with permission from The Oak Woodlands and Forests Fire Consortium.
The "Fire in the Cross Timbers" curriculum is available with permission from The Oak Woodlands and Forests Fire Consortium.
"Cross Timbers is a proper term for areas where post oak and blackjack oak trees grow in close association over a large area, often with other species, and so close together that their crowns intermingle. The term is especially applicable where sandstone forms the underlying geology." (Francaviglia, Richard V. The Cast Iron Forest: a Natural and Cultural History of the North American Cross Timbers. University of Texas Press, 2000.)
"Cross Timbers is a proper term for areas where post oak and blackjack oak trees grow in close association over a large area, often with other species, and so close together that their crowns intermingle. The term is especially applicable where sandstone forms the underlying geology." (Francaviglia, Richard V. The Cast Iron Forest: a Natural and Cultural History of the North American Cross Timbers. University of Texas Press, 2000.)
In this activity, students use a geographic information system [GIS] model (VSmoke-Web) to map the extent of smoke impacts from a chosen prescribed fire case study. Students will determine possible health impacts if the burn were conducted. Students will decide if the burn should be conducted with the conditions presented in the case study. Students will discuss ways in which smoke impacts could be eliminated or mitigated.