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NAFSE
Nov 19, 2020
Using Fire History to Inform Present-Day Management
Panel discussion of how understanding historical fire data provides insights for supporting today's desired ecological outcomes.
NAFSE
Sep 14, 2020
Webinar: New Jersey Pine Barrens Fire Ecology
A landscape-level overview of New Jersey pine barrens ecology and fire history, plus the evolution of fire science co-production in NJ.
NAFSE
Dec 10, 2019
Research Brief: Discovering Red Pine Fire History in New England
An investigation of pine fire history in the Adirondack Mountains of New York by the Missouri Tree Ring Laboratory.
NAFSE
Jun 19, 2019
Webinar: Investigating the Fire History of Western Maryland
Understanding the historic context of fire in forests is important for designing and getting public buy-in for future controlled burns.
NAFSE
Jan 22, 2019
The Modern and Historic Fire Regimes of Central Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts (Mouw 2002)
Determining fire and vegetation interactions in the central Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts woodlands in order to inform management.
NAFSE
Jan 22, 2019
Vegetation and Fire History of the Dwarf Pine Ridges, Shawangunk Mountains, New York (Laing 1994)
A paleoecological investigation with evidence of fire occurrence pre- and post-settlement to aid in understanding the disturbance regime.
NAFSE
Jan 22, 2019
Historic and prehistoric changes in the Rome, New York pine barrens (Kurczewski, 1999)
Evaluating past changes in the pitch pine communities on the Rome Sand Plains of central New York.
NAFSE
Jan 22, 2019
Historical Changes in the pine barrens of Central Suffolk County, NY (Kurczewski and Boyle, 2000)
Interpreting past changes in the central Suffolk County, Long Island, New York pine barrens.
NAFSE
Jan 22, 2019
Vegetation development in a southern Maine pitch pine-scrub oak barren (Copenheaver, et al. 2000)
Results demonstrate that both fire and soil factors have influenced the vegetation of the area as well as historic land use.
NAFSE
Jan 22, 2019
Microscopic Charcoal as a Fossil Indicator of Fire
A review of several studies through which charcoal analysis advances have been made and a consideration of questions for future study.
NAFSE
Jan 22, 2019
Historical Description of the Vegetation of the Boston Harbor Islands: 1600-2000
Overview of Boston Harbor Islands' vegetation based on historical accounts and descriptions.
NAFSE
Jan 22, 2019
Paleoecology of Calf Island in Boston's Outer Harbor (Patterson, et al. 2005)
Management benchmarks developed by documenting pre-European conditions and differences between modern and pre-settlement environments.
NAFSE
Jan 22, 2019
Myles Standish State Forest - From the Ice Age to the Present
Brief summary of paleoecology in the area.
NAFSE
Jan 22, 2019
Indian Fires in the Prehistory of New England
A review of historical fire regimes and vegetation in New England, going back thousands of years.
NAFSE
Aug 6, 2018
New York State Wildfire History Reports and Data
Historic wildfire records and data analysis from Andrew Jacobs, with New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
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.
NAFSE
Jan 18, 2018
Vegetation and Fire History: Savanna above Buck Run, Oswego Drainage Basin, Pine Barrens, NJ
Pollen and charcoal preserved in peat were used to trace the history of a savanna, especially to evaluate the history of fire there.
Amanda Mahaffey
Nov 9, 2017
Acadia Recap: The Great Acadia Fire 70 Years Later
Photos by Amanda Mahaffey On October 17, 1947, a fire started in Bar Harbor, Maine, that spread through the town and Acadia National...
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