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