An intermediate aged ponderosa pine forest that was severely burned in the 2002 Eyerly wildfire. All trees were killed (stand replacing event). Irvine et al (2007) GCB 13 (8), 1748–1760.

The research and science objectives of the Metolius Eyerly Burn site are as follows: 1) To quantify how successional stages and management practices in forest ecosystems influence processes controlling net ecosystem exchange of CO2 in varying climatic conditions; 2) Investigate the effects of disturbance processes controlling carbon storage and CO2 and energy exchange with the atmosphere in varying climatic conditions; 3) Measure the effects of disturbance and climate on the CO2 and energy exchange of ponderosa pine forests in the Pacific Northwest; 4) Investigate postfire carbon dynamics and contrast results with data collected on unburned forest stands that represent the prefire conditions; 5) Measure carbon pools and key carbon fluxes in forest stands subject to moderate and high severity fire in order to estimate NEP. (Irvine et al. 2007)