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Using Fire History to Inform Present-Day Management

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.

Webinar: New Jersey Pine Barrens Fire Ecology

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.

Research Brief: Discovering Red Pine Fire History in New England

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.

Webinar: Investigating the Fire History of Western Maryland

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Microscopic Charcoal as a Fossil Indicator of Fire

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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.

Historical Description of the Vegetation of the Boston Harbor Islands: 1600-2000

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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.

Paleoecology of Calf Island in Boston's Outer Harbor (Patterson, et al. 2005)

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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.

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Jan 22, 2019

Myles Standish State Forest - From the Ice Age to the Present

Brief summary of paleoecology in the area.

Indian Fires in the Prehistory of New England

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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.

Acadia Recap: The Great Acadia Fire 70 Years Later

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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