- Long-Term Environmental Stewardship & Sustainability Strategy ›
- Clean the Past ›
- Control the Present ›
- Introduction
- Something in the Air? ›
- Protections: Sediment ›
- Protections: Sediment Control = Contaminant Retention
- Tour: Sediment Retention
- Protection #2: Trap and Remove Sediment
- Stormwater Controls
- Stop Contaminant Movement & the Individual Permit
- View of Stormwater Monitoring Sites
- Stormwater Control Structures
- How are the aftereffects of wildfire managed?
- Las Conchas Wildfire
- Stormwater Controls after Wildfire
- Los Alamos Canyon Weir
- 10,000 Willows
- Pueblo Canyon Grade Control Structure
- Early Notification Gages
- Protections: Sampling ›
- Protection #3: Sample and Survey
- Tour: Environmental Monitoring
- Groundwater Monitoring
- How does LANL determine where to put a monitoring well?
- Protection of the Groundwater Resource
- The Location Investigation Process
- The Location Determination Process
- Monitoring Well Placement
- Contaminant Sources
- Groundwater Monitoring Network
- View of Groundwater Monitoring Sites
- Well Placement Decision Process
- Create a Sustainable Future ›
- Multimedia ›
How are the aftereffects of wildfire managed?
Wildfires cause flooding, increasing sediment movement
Firefighters battle the Las Conchas Fire
Las Conchas Fire burns west of Laboratory headquarters
LANL is located in high-desert region where the potential for wildfires is high. To protect the public and the environment from catastrophic wildfires, LANL regularly thins trees and clears underbrush. Santa Fe National Forest and Bandelier National Park also perform these fire protective measures as well as prescribed burns to reduce the severity of wildfires.
Sediment control measures are inspected and augmented to ensure their effectiveness after wildfires.
Fires are a necessary part of managing a healthy forest.
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Provided they happen often, fires keep forests healthy. Prior to the arrival of Europeans, forests around LANL burned every 10-15 years.