Conifer Forest Recovery After Prescribed Fire

Data Rescue Intern: Mohammadjavad Meghrazi
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In fall 2021, I participated in the Living Data Project Data Rescue internship, working on a dataset on conifer forest recovery after prescribed fire, collected by Dr. Phil Burton, a professor emeritus at the University of Northern British Columbia. The dataset contains the state of forest vegetation, seedling regeneration, and environmental conditions for up to 6 years after fire, across three locations in British Columbia and Alberta provinces. This dataset can help in understanding the determinants of forest recovery after fire. As an intern, I was in charge of cleaning the data and putting different pieces of it together into a format that is readily usable. This was a valuable experience and helped me improve my skills in data handling in R.