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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

A description of instrumentation used to measure prescribed burns in the pinelands of New Jersey.

Prescribed fire effects: Tick management

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May 14, 2018

Prescribed fire effects: Tick management

Summary of a study by Shane Tripp highlighting the interactions between prescribed fire and ticks in the North Atlantic region.

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

A summary of a smartphone app designed to engage the public in estimating forest fuels.

Fire and Soil: Effects of seasonality and frequency

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Jun 28, 2017

Fire and Soil: Effects of seasonality and frequency

Review and summary of "Fire and Soil: Effects of seasonality and frequency".

Social science: Fire and fuel management communication strategies

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Mar 3, 2017

Social science: Fire and fuel management communication strategies

Results of a paper by Dr. Eric Toman and colleagues looking at how to communicate fire and fuel management information to the public.

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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

How effective suppression in the wildland urban interface results in different forest ecology in these areas.

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

Research highlighting important observations of how turbulence forms in different types of fires and how this research might be applied.

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

Summary of a paper by Lloyd Irland which focused on the fire history of extreme fires in New England, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.

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

A sound method for prioritizing resources in fire-fighting or mitigation, applied to a municipal wildland-urban interface in Nova Scotia.

Recent Research: Oak regeneration with prescribed fire

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Jul 10, 2016

Recent Research: Oak regeneration with prescribed fire

Dr. Jeffrey Ward's research in Connecticut investigating silvicultural treatments in combination with prescribed fire.

Fire-oak research synthesis: What do we know?

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Jul 10, 2016

Fire-oak research synthesis: What do we know?

Highlights from the recent Joint Fire Science Program-funded Fire-Oak Synthesis by Brose, Dey, and Waldrop from 2014.

Prioritizing prescribed fire areas: a geographical approach

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Feb 26, 2016

Prioritizing prescribed fire areas: a geographical approach

Using LANDFIRE vegetation and fire return intervals to help pinpoint high priority areas for prescribed fire in the WUI.

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