LA GRANDE — Simon Driskell stood outside the Grande Ronde Rappel Base under a thick cloud of morning smoke last month as the air was filled with leftover particulates wafting
Wildfire trouble, to be specific.
Livingston, who is the fire management officer for the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, focuses on two lines in particular â a pair of lines for each of six regions on the forest, ranging from different types of forests to the grasslands of Hells Canyon.
One line, rendered appropriately in bright flame red, depicts the highest daily measurements, from 2010-19 on the Wallowa-Whitman, of a statistic known as the energy release component. A computer model considers the moisture level in wildfire fuels, as well as temperature and humidity, to project how much energy a fire would release â in effect, how rapidly flames would spread on a given day.
Wildfire trouble, to be specific.
Livingston, who is the fire management officer for the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, focuses on two lines in particular â a pair of lines for each of six regions on the forest, ranging from different types of forests to the grasslands of Hells Canyon.
One line, rendered appropriately in bright flame red, depicts the highest daily measurements, from 2010-19 on the Wallowa-Whitman, of a statistic known as the energy release component. A computer model considers the moisture level in wildfire fuels, as well as temperature and humidity, to project how much energy a fire would release â in effect, how rapidly flames would spread on a given day.
Wildfire trouble, to be specific.
Livingston, who is the fire management officer for the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, focuses on two lines in particular â a pair of lines for each of six regions on the forest, ranging from different types of forests to the grasslands of Hells Canyon.
One line, rendered appropriately in bright flame red, depicts the highest daily measurements, from 2010-19 on the Wallowa-Whitman, of a statistic known as the energy release component. A computer model considers the moisture level in wildfire fuels, as well as temperature and humidity, to project how much energy a fire would release â in effect, how rapidly flames would spread on a given day.