Fire & Fire History Mini Symposium II
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- Oct 6
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October 6, 2025
The NAFSE Fire & Fire History Working Group held its second mini-symposium on Monday, October 6, 2025 to bring together fire researchers from the region to share their work, knowledge, and passion.
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Our speakers covered a range of topics, including the historic to contemporary interaction between fire and key species such as pitch pine and red oak, and some of the paleoecology techniques used in reconstructing vegetation history. Speakers included:
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- Drew Barton (University of Maine) on long-term fire and land use dynamics in coastal Maine pitch pine.
- Andrea Nurse (University of Maine) on palynology (fossil pollen) for land use management.
- Matthew Vadeboncoeur (University of New Hampshire) on the role of fire in northern red oak recruitment and establishment.
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