<br />additional monitoring has begun for recently burned (wildfire and
<br />prescribed) watersheds in the Rocky Mountain region. These include, but
<br />are not limited to, Storm King Mountain, Colorado (1994), Black Tiger in
<br />Boulder, Colorado (1988), Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico (1996).
<br />Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado (1996), Yellowstone National Park
<br />(1988), Montana, and Boise, Idaho (1959, 1996). Interdisciplinary research
<br />will provide scientific information for wildfire, forest ecosystem, and
<br />hazard managers, and on hydrogeomorphic processes in burned watersheds.
<br />Because of the uncertainty of where future wildfires and floods may occur,
<br />a mobile monitoring approach as described here helps provide much of the
<br />necessary information.
<br />
<br />Acknowledgements. We greatfully appreaciate information Buffalo Creek
<br />residents provided about the wildfire and flooding, particularly those
<br />residents who monitor daily precipitation.
<br />
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