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Jan 25, 2018
Impacts of southern pine beetle on pitch pine forest dynamics in a newly invaded region
This study examined the immediate effects of SPC-induced tree mortality to inform management recommendations and forest projections.
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Jan 23, 2018
Prescribed Fire Science Research and Management at Head of the Plains, Nantucket Island, MA
Evaluation of fire research and management efforts and results on Nantucket Island, MA.
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Jan 23, 2018
An Assessment of the Impact of Fire on Rare Lepidoptera in the Ossipee Pine Barrens Preserve
An assessment of the impact that prescribed fire had on rare moths, as well as additional records of moth presence.
NAFSE
Jan 22, 2018
A Vegetative Fuelbreak Protecting the Town of Bar Harbor, Maine – Acadia National Park, ME
Literature review fuelbreaks' effective uses and results of a field study to evaluate the need for a fuelbreak on Mount Desert Island, ME.
NAFSE
Jan 22, 2018
Expanding the Interface in the Northeast’s “Asbestos Forests”: Exploratory Assessment in NH
Exploring the connections between land use and forest fire risk in New Hampshire.
NAFSE
Jan 22, 2018
Preliminary Data and Statistics for Determining Communities-At-Risk from Destructive Wildfires
Statistical occurrence maps and graphs produced using fire department data for 2005 through 2009.
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Jan 18, 2018
Prescribed Fire Management in Sandplain Grasslands and Heathlands in Nantucket, MA
The effectiveness of dormant and growing season prescribed fire as a tool for maintaining coastal communities and reducing woody species.
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Jan 18, 2018
Rare Lepidoptera and Shrubland Birds: Their Presence, Distribution and Habitat Preferences in NH
Occurrence, distribution, and habitat preferences of rare moths, butterflies, and shrubland birds in the Ossipee Pine Barrens, NH.
NAFSE
Jan 18, 2018
The estimation of burn severity using satellite imagery in a temperate deciduous forest.
New methods for evaluating burn severity across broad spatial extents in the eastern US using satellite imagery.
NAFSE
Jan 16, 2018
Wildfire disturbance-recovery dynamics: feedbacks between climate change and ecosystem resilience
An analysis of post-fire stand development and fuel loading that will help fire managers quantify and prioritize fuel reduction efforts.
NAFSE
Jan 16, 2018
Multi-scale analyses of wildland fire combustion processes in open-canopied forests
Advancing understanding of fire processes, fuel consumption, atmospheric dynamics, and physics-based fire behavior models.
NAFSE
Jan 5, 2018
New Jersey Forest Fire Service – Science in Action
Video about a research burn conducted in order to collect data on embers, smoke, and fire behavior.
Amanda Mahaffey
Oct 31, 2016
Tim Simmons: Conservation Ecologist with a Passion for Fire
Profile of Tim Simmons, a restoration ecologist recently retired from the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife.
NAFSE
Apr 15, 2016
One Fire Day: Neil Gifford – Albany Pine Bush Preserve
A story by Neil Gifford, Conservation Director for the Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission, on implementing prescribed fires.
NAFSE
Jan 21, 2016
One Fire Day: Tom Gerber – New Jersey Forest Fire Service
A story from Tom Gerber, Section Warden for the NJ Division of Forestry, Forest Fire Service. Here, he relates a memorable fire from 1986.
NAFSE
Jan 21, 2016
One Fire Day: Peter Grima – MA Dept of Conservation and Recreation
Peter Grima gives us an inside look at a burn Dr. Bill Patterson conducted on his birthday back in 2007: “The Birthday Burn”.
NAFSE
Jan 21, 2016
One Fire Day: Dr. Inga P. La Puma – North Atlantic Fire Science Exchange
Dr. Inga La Puma relates her experience in the Spring of 2015 when she participated in her first prescribed fire.
NAFSE
Apr 8, 2015
NJ Pinelands Prescribed Burn Research Project Video: Monitoring Equipment
Prescribed fire monitoring equipment as the prescribed fire passes by camera.
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Apr 8, 2015
NJ Pinelands Prescribed Burn Research Project Video: Northern Research Station Overview of Project
Collecting data on a prescribed fire conducted in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey, especially the fire’s embers (fire brands).
NAFSE
Apr 8, 2015
NJ Pinelands Prescribed Burn Research Project Video: Embers
Fire embers, commonly known as fire brands, gathering before, during and after a prescribed fire passes by the camera.
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