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An Evening Burn to Restore Mountain Forests
Prescribed fires were set on the Green River Game Land in the early evening of January 31 as a part of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate Study. The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission...
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CAFMS Hosts Smoke in the Mountains Workshop
Grandfather Mountain Ranger District, Pisgah National Forest Smoke Management in the Southern Appalachians February 28, 2012, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Bent Creek Training Facility, Asheville, NC...
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Fire on the Base
Fire line at Eglin Air Force Base prescribed burn. Photo by Joe O’Brien DOD and Joint Fire Science Fund SRS Research at Eglin Air Force Base The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) recently awarded the...
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There’s More to Restoration Than Planting Trees
Understory of longleaf pine stand at Fort Gordon in Georgia. Photo by Zoe Hoyle. Groundcover in longleaf pine ecosystems Discussions about longleaf pine restoration tend to focus on replanting trees...
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Acorns and Prescribed Fire
Litter on the forest floor can protect the viability of acorns during prescribed burning. Photo by USDA Forest Service. Southern Research Station (SRS) scientists have found that litter and soil can...
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Prescribed Fire in the Piney Woods
Researchers captured very few black racers the first year after the burn. Photo by Chris Evans, courtesy of Bugwood. Effects on amphibians and reptiles Forest managers across North America use...
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Updated Guide to Prescribed Fire in Southern Ecosystems
“Prescribed burning is FIRE…applied in a skillful manner, under exacting weather conditions, in a definite place, to achieve specific results.” Printed on the inside cover of the newly published...
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More Fuel for Fire?
Photo courtesy of Federal Emergency Management Agency. Fire’s been a fact of life for millennia in the South, shaping the range and ecology of pine, certain oak, and palm forests. But along with...
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Rabbit Rules for Prescribed Burns
Prescribed fire ignited by aerial ignition. Photo by Wayne Adkins. Forest Service scientists with the Southern Research Station (SRS) Center for Forest Disturbance Science (CFDS) recently tested...
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Indiana Bats and Prescribed Fire
Indiana bat in hibernacula. Photo by Andrew King, US Fish & Wildlife Service, courtesy of Bugwood.org. A two-day workshop held in western North Carolina provided research results to forest and...
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Fire Research: A Hot Topic
Low-intensity prescribed fire set on research plots in the Bent Creek Experimental Forest in April. Photo by U.S. Forest Service. For centuries landowners in the southern Appalachians have used fire as...
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Field Day Inspires Landowners in the Western Longleaf Pine Range
Participants at workshop and field day on longleaf pine restoration held at the Kisatchie National Forest in late May. Photo by U.S. Forest Service. A field day and workshop held on May 23rd at the...
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Shortleaf Pine: A Species Slipping Away?
Shortleaf pines crooked root collar (right) protects it from fire. Loblolly doesn’t have a crook (left), and shortleaf-loblolly hybrids have an inconspicuous crook that doesn’t confer fire tolerance....
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Wildland Fire in the Appalachians Conference
Prescribed fire line at night. Photo by Ricky Layton, courtesy of Bugwood.org. The Consortium of Appalachian Fire Managers and Scientists and the Association for Fire Ecology are hosting a conference...
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Long-Term Research on Fire Ecology in the Southern Appalachians
Eastern fence lizard, one of the reptile species studied at Green River Game Land. Photo by Sally King, courtesy of National Park Service. Scientists with the U.S. Forest Service Southern Research...
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A New Crew of Young Firefighters
Members of the Davidson River Initial Attack Crew. Photo courtesy of Schenck Job Corps CCC. As you read this, members of the Davidson River Initial Attack Crew are out fighting a wildfire or helping...
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SRS Researchers Awarded Grants for Research on White Nose Syndrome
Cluster of Indiana bats in a cave. Photo by Roger Perry. U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS) researchers and collaborators just received news that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service...
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Appalachian-Cumberland Highlands: The Next 50 Years
The Appalachian Trail winds through the Blue Ridge Mountains, which are part of the Appalachian-Cumberland highlands. Photo by Sarah Farmer. Knowing more about how the future might unfold can improve...
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Remembering Bill Boyer, Mr. Longleaf
Bill Boyer with longleaf pine seedling. Photo by Kris Connor, U.S. Forest Service. Dr. William D. (Bill) Boyer, known to many as “Mr. Longleaf,” died on April 13th after a long illness. Boyer’s early...
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Bringing Fire Back to the Kisatchie Sandstone Hills
The Kisatchie Sandstone Hills of Louisiana provide habitat for many rare plants and animals such as red-cockaded woodpeckers and Louisiana pine snakes. Photo by Andy Scott. The hillside bogs, sandstone...
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