NAFSE Archive

This study analyzed a combination of field-based understory meteorology and fuel moisture data with terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) and traditional forest inventory data to develop new knowledge about relationships between forest structure, microclimate, and dead fuel moisture in USA northern conifer forests that can inform fire operations planning and decision support.

The Hot-Dry-Windy Index (HDWI) harnesses the basic science of how weather affects fire behavior. The index answers the question: “What physical weather conditions make fires difficult to manage?” The HDWI approach has two main advantages. First, hot, dry, & windy conditions can be applied to different locations & time periods. Second, these conditions can often be reliably forecasted several days in advance. As a result, HDWI helps anticipate periods when fires may become di

Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS) can offer more efficient, precise, and standardized monitoring by capturing detailed plot-level 3D data. TLS via the Interagency Ecosystem LiDAR Monitoring program (IntELiMon) enables rapid, repeatable measurements of forest structure, habitat conditions, and fuel characteristics, improving data quality and compatibility, supporting large-scale cross-boundary monitoring efforts, and enhancing communication of environmental changes over time.

Long-term research at the USDA Forest Service Silas Little Experimental Forest is addressing two questions: 1) How does prescribed...

Brief: Restoring fire-dependent ecosystems through prescribed fire could be part of integrated pest management of medically important ticks.

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

An investigation of pine fire history in the Adirondack Mountains of New York by the Missouri Tree Ring Laboratory.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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