Browsing by Subject "prescribed fire"
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Effects of Wildfire on Vegetation Composition and Structure in Linville Gorge Wilderness Area, North Carolina
(2015-04-24)Located in Western North Carolina, Linville Gorge Wilderness Area has an extensive fire history that has been characterized by burns of variable size and severity. Beginning in the 1940s, an era of burn suppression policies ... -
Piedmont Longleaf Pine Restoration: A Management Plan for the Private Landowner
(2016-04-27)Once abundant across the southeastern United States, longleaf pine communities now cover only 3-5% of their native range. Much of this land has been converted to fire-excluded loblolly pine plantations to supply the South's ... -
Prescribed Fire: Balancing Public Health and Land Management Goals
(2022-05-22)Fire is a critical component of many natural disturbance regimes in the southeastern United States; however, a century of fire suppression policies has disrupted many such regimes and severely degraded ecosystems throughout ... -
Wildlife in the Southern Blue Ridge Ecoregion: Assessing Management Impacts and Establishing Regional Monitoring Efforts
(2016-04-28)The Southern Blue Ridge Mountains are biologically important, harboring many rare and endangered species and high levels of biodiversity. A history of fire suppression in the region has led to loss of biodiversity through ...
