Last updated: May 29, 2020
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'Mantén Viva la Llama' - 'Keep the Flame Alive!'
![TREX participants work together to collect surface fuel data using the Brown's line method for inventorying downed woody material.
Photo: José Duce, The Nature Conservancy A crew inventories downed woody material](/articles/000/images/Spanish-Language-Training-Exchange-Photos-2019-11.jpg?maxwidth=650&autorotate=false)
Credit: José Duce, The Nature Conservancy
Participants worked with Hanna Davis, the Fire Ecology Program Field Crew Leader, to collect surface fuel data using the Brown’s line method for inventorying downed woody fuel.
An additional activity presented participants with a fire management scenario incorporating Fire Ecology vegetation and surface fuel data to determine if, when, and how to implement a prescribed fire.
On October 22nd and 23rd, twenty four TREX participants helped ignite and manage a prescribed fire on National Park Service lands in the Valles Caldera National Preserve.
![A TREX participant digs a hole to measure the litter and duff layer, using the Brown's line method for inventorying downed woody material. Photo: José Duce, The Nature Conservancy measuring ground vegetation](/articles/000/images/Spanish-Language-Training-Exchange-Photos-2019-2.jpg?maxwidth=650&autorotate=false)
Credit: José Duce, The Nature Conservancy
his experience as “enriching.”
“Joining a professional wildland fire work team allowed us to gain and share knowledge and experiences and learn new processes and practices,” said Alcorta.
![TREX participants take a break TREX participants take a break](/articles/000/images/Spanish-Language-Training-Exchange-Photos-2019-2.png)
Credit: Pablo Alcorta , S.P.L.I.F. El Bolsón
Working together in a small group provided an opportunity to discuss fire and resource management, fuel models, and fire ecology research from around the world.
![A prescribed fire in the Valles Caldera National Preserve slowly backs down a hill while TREX participants look for spot fires below. Photo: Pablo Alcorta , S.P.L.I.F. El Bolsón firefighters monitor for spot fires](/articles/000/images/Spanish-Language-Training-Exchange-Photos-2019-1.png)
Contact: Laura Trader, Ecologist, Bandelier National Monument, laura_trader@nps.gov
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