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Feb 20, 2020

Research Brief: Invasive Insects and the Persistence of Oak-Pine Forests in the Mid-Atlantic Region

How will accelerating changes in forest composition and structure driven by insects affect future wildfire activity and forest resilience?

Research Brief: Discovering Red Pine Fire History in New England

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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.

Research Brief– Fire and Invasives: Ailanthus altissima

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Jul 17, 2019

Research Brief– Fire and Invasives: Ailanthus altissima

Understanding how prescribed fire and herbicide affect the non-native species Ailanthus altissima (stink tree).

Research Brief: Insect damage versus prescribed fire: comparing long-term carbon impacts

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Dec 6, 2018

Research Brief: Insect damage versus prescribed fire: comparing long-term carbon impacts

Disturbances such as prescribed fire and insect defoliation have different impacts on carbon storage in forests.

North Atlantic Fire Science Exchange – Fire Science Research Needs Synthesis Report

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Oct 30, 2018

North Atlantic Fire Science Exchange – Fire Science Research Needs Synthesis Report

What fire research was most needed in our region as of 2018? Read this report to delve into the perspectives of NAFSE’s community.

Research Brief: Fire and Wildlife- Eastern hognose snakes prefer managed habitat

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Sep 7, 2018

Research Brief: Fire and Wildlife- Eastern hognose snakes prefer managed habitat

For animals that like an open canopy, mechanical thinning and prescribed fire can help create and maintain the habitat they need.

Research Brief: Understanding fire behavior using modern equipment and methods

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Jul 18, 2018

Research Brief: Understanding fire behavior using modern equipment and methods

Check out this research brief on Dr. Eric Mueller’s most recent paper describing the instrumentation needed to measure prescribed burns...

Prescribed fire effects: Tick management

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May 14, 2018

Prescribed fire effects: Tick management

WELCOME TO TICK SEASON IN THE NORTHEAST! Tick-borne disease is a huge issue in our region and prescribed fire could be one way to...

Prescribed fire effects: Aspen’s varied response

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Oct 6, 2017

Prescribed fire effects: Aspen’s varied response

This research brief helps set the stage for our Maine fire history panel and field trip. The research covered here focuses on short and...

Monitoring techniques: Using citizen science to gather fuels data

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Aug 24, 2017

Monitoring techniques: Using citizen science to gather fuels data

Technology is a wonderful thing. Especially if it makes your job easier. Check out this research brief on a smartphone app designed to...

Fire and Soil: Effects of seasonality and frequency

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Jun 28, 2017

Fire and Soil: Effects of seasonality and frequency

Have you thought about prescribed burning your area this summer? Don’t miss this month’s research brief on a paper by Neill, Patterson...

Social science: Fire and fuel management communication strategies

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Mar 3, 2017

Social science: Fire and fuel management communication strategies

Don’t miss this follow-up to our recent Burning Issues workshop, where we focused on prescribed fire messaging. This brief describes the...

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Dec 16, 2016

New England Fire History ‘Stress Test’ Project: NE Forest Fire Protection Compact

Documents for each state and province as well as analyses of trends and mega-fire preparedness needs, put together by The Irland Group.

Suppression science: Effects of Suppression on the Ecology of the Wildland Urban Interface

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Dec 5, 2016

Suppression science: Effects of Suppression on the Ecology of the Wildland Urban Interface

Check out this month’s research brief focusing on how effective suppression in the wildland urban interface results in different forest...

Smoke science: Understanding turbulence effects on smoke during prescribed fires

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Oct 18, 2016

Smoke science: Understanding turbulence effects on smoke during prescribed fires

This month we highlight smoke science from the Pinelands of New Jersey where smoke impacts are never far from our minds. This research,...

Canada focus: Extreme fire analysis of New England and Atlantic provinces

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Aug 31, 2016

Canada focus: Extreme fire analysis of New England and Atlantic provinces

This is the latest research brief in our Canadian focused line-up, which also includes a field trip and webinar in September to share...

Canada focus: Improved delineation of the wildland-urban interface and fire risk in Nova Scotia

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Aug 22, 2016

Canada focus: Improved delineation of the wildland-urban interface and fire risk in Nova Scotia

This brief is part of our Canadian focused line-up, which also includes a field trip and webinar in September 2016 to share compelling...

Recent Research: Oak regeneration with prescribed fire

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Jul 10, 2016

Recent Research: Oak regeneration with prescribed fire

For this brief, we highlighted an example of a local research project in Connecticut investigating silvicultural treatments in...

Fire-oak research synthesis: What do we know?

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Jul 10, 2016

Fire-oak research synthesis: What do we know?

This brief covers the current scientific understanding of fire in oak ecosystems. It covers highlights from the recent Joint Fire Science...

Prioritizing prescribed fire areas: a geographical approach

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Feb 26, 2016

Prioritizing prescribed fire areas: a geographical approach

Click here to check out NAFSE’s February 2016 research brief. This month we searched for a recent paper using LANDFIRE data in...

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