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Fire History After the Fire: Potential Impacts of Fire Exclusion Policies on Historical Cherokee Culture in the Southern Appalachian Mountains, USA Colenbaugh et al., 2023 Source: Human Ecology PDF Changes in canopy cover and forest structure following dormant season and early growing season prescribed burns in the Southern Appalachians, USA Melcher et al., 2023 Source: Fire Ecology PDF Comparison of seed bank composition over a gradient of pyrophilic vegetation Huebner et al., 2023 Source: The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society PDF Environmental drivers and species traits of mesophication and xerophication in forests of western New York State Larsen et al., 2023 Source: Forest Ecology and Management PDF Ericaceous shrub expansion and its relation to fire history in temperate pine-oak (Pinus-Quercus) forests of the eastern USA Lafon et al., 2022 (a) Source: Plant Ecology PDF Fifty-five years of change in a northwest Georgia old-growth forest Butler et al., 2018 Source: Castanea PDF Fire History Reflects Human History in the Pine Creek Gorge of North-Central Pennsylvania Brose et al., 2015 Source: Natural Areas Journal PDF Fire History of the Appalachian Region: A Review and Synthesis Lafon et al., 2017 Source: GTR SRS-219 PDF Fire history and its relations with land use and climate over three centuries in the central Appalachian Mountains, USA Aldrich et al., 2014 Source: Journal of Biogeography PDF Fire history and vegetation data reveal ecological benefits of recent mixed-severity fires in the Cumberland Mountains, West Virginia, USA Saladyga et al., 2022 Source: Fire Ecology PDF Fire in the southern Appalachians: Understanding impacts, interventions, and future fire events James et al., 2020 Source: General Technical Report SRS-249 PDF Fire regimes of the Southern Appalachians may radically shift under climate change Robbins et al., 2024 Source: Fire Ecology PDF Forest disturbance history from 'legacy' Pitch Pine (Pinus rigida) at the New River Gorge, West Virginia Saladyga, 2017 (a) Source: Natural Areas Journal PDF Historical Fire Regimes and Stand Dynamics of Xerophytic Pine–Oak Stands in the Southern Appalachian Mountains, Virginia, USA Lafon et al., 2022 (b) Source: Annals of the American Association of Geographers PDF Historical drivers and contemporary perceptions of wildfire in a post-industrial rural landscape Saladyga & Standlee, 2018 Source: Fire PDF Locating potential historical fire‐maintained grasslands of the eastern United States based on topography and wind speed Hanberry & Noss, 2022 Source: Ecosphere PDF Native American geography shaped historical fire frequency in forests of eighteenth-century Pennsylvania, USA Tulowiecki et al., 2023 Source: Scientific Reports PDF Native American influences on the forest composition of the Allegheny Plateau, northwest Pennsylvania Black et al., 2006 Source: Canadian Journal of Forest Research PDF Oak forests and woodlands as Indigenous landscapes in the Eastern United States Abrams et al., 2022 Source: Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society PDF Pre-Columbian red pine (Pinus resinosa Ait) fire regimes of north-central Pennsylvania, USA Marschall et al., 2022 Source: Fire Ecology PDF Proceedings of the 4th Fire in Eastern Oak Forests Conference Dey et al., 2011 Source: General Technical Report NRS-P-102 PDF Recalling open old growth forests in the southeastern mixed forest province in the United States Hanberry et al., 2019 Source: Ecoscience PDF Reconstructing a cultural fire regime in the Pennsylvania anthracite region Saladyga, 2017 (b) Source: Physical Geography PDF Revealing historical fire regimes of the Cumberland Plateau, USA, through remnant fire-scarred shortleaf pines (Pinus echinata Mill.) Stambaugh et al., 2020 Source: Fire Ecology PDF Successional Change and Fire History in Montane Longleaf Pine-Dominated Ecosystems of Northwestern Georgia, USA Waters et al., 2023 Source: Southeastern Naturalist PDF Three centuries of fire in montane pine-oak stands on a temperate forest landscape Aldrich et al., 2010 Source: Applied Vegetation Science PDF Wave of fire: An anthropogenic signal in historical fire regimes across central Pennsylvania, USA Stambaugh et al., 2018 Source: Ecosphere PDF Working toward a fire-scar network for the Cumberland Plateau—Fire history results from Bridgestone Nature Reserve at Chestnut Mountain, Tennessee Abadir et al., 2022 Source: The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society PDF

Birds Bird response to fire severity and repeated burning in upland hardwood forest Greenberg et al., 2013 Source: Forest Ecology and Management PDF Breeding bird abundance and species diversity greatest in high-severity wildfire patches in central hardwood forests Greenberg et al., 2023 Source: Forest Ecology and Management PDF Breeding bird abundance and species diversity greatest in high-severity wildfire patches in central hardwood forests Greenberg et al., 2023 Source: Forest Ecology and Management PDF Breeding bird response to season of burn in an upland hardwood forest Greenberg et al., 2019 Source: Forest Ecology and Management PDF Changes in Avian Diversity Post-Wildfire in a Southeastern Deciduous Forest: Flipper Bend Woods, Signal Mountain,Tennessee Feely et al., 2023 Source: Bio One PDF Comparison of seven forest types for game in West Virginia Gill et al., 1975 Source: The Journal of Wildlife Management PDF Effects of fuel reduction treatments on avian nest density in the upper piedmont of South Carolina Kilpatrick et al., 2010 Source: Open Environmental Sciences PDF Fire effects on wildlife in the central hardwoods and Appalachian Regions, USA Harper et al., 2016 Source: Fire Ecology PDF Identifying coarse- and fine-scale drivers of avian abundance following prescribed fires Morin et al., 2021 Source: Forest Ecology and Management PDF Long-term avian response to fire severity, repeated burning, and mechanical fuel reduction in upland hardwood forest Greenberg et al., 2018 Source: Forest Ecology and Management PDF Prescribed fire and thinning influence snag density and size in the southern Appalachian Mountains Baldwin et al., 2023 Source: Forest Ecology and Management PDF Proceedings of the 4th Fire in Eastern Oak Forests Conference Dey et al., 2011 Source: General Technical Report NRS-P-102 PDF Seasonal avifauna responses to fuel reduction treatments in the upper piedmont of South Carolina: Results from Phase 1 of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate Study Zebehazy et al., 2004 Source: General Technical Report SRS-71 PDF Short-term effects of fire and other fuel reduction treatments on breeding birds in a southern Appalachian upland hardwood forest Greenberg et al., 2007 Source: The Journal of Wildlife Management PDF Short-term effects of fire on breeding birds in southern Appalachian upland forests Klaus et al., 2010 Source: The Wilson Journal of Ornithology PDF Smoked Turkey Daub, 2015 Source: Pennsylvania Game News PDF

Fuels Alterations to the fuel bed after single and repeated prescribed fires in an Appalachian hardwood forest Arthur et al., 2017 Source: Forest Ecology and Management PDF Could canopy, bark, and leaf litter traits of encroaching non-oak species influence future flammability of upland oak forests? Babl et al., 2019 Source: Forest Ecology and Management PDF Joint vision and key messages on relative benefits of prescribed fire to wildfire Wildland Fire Leadership Council Source: Wildland Fire Leadership Council PDF Mastication Fuels Did Not Alter Fire Severity or Stand Structure in an Upland Oak Woodland Arthur et al., 2022 Source: Forest Science PDF Mesophication of upland oak forests: Implications of species-specific differences in leaf litter decomposition rates and fuelbed composition Babl-Plauche et al., 2022 Source: Forest Ecology and Management PDF Proceedings of the 3rd Fire in Eastern Oak Forests Conference Hutchinson, 2009 Source: GTR NRS-P-46 PDF Restoration of low-intensity fire in Quercus-Pinus mixedwoods following a prolonged period of fire exclusion Goode et al., 2023 Source: Canadian Journal of Forest Research PDF The development of a southern Appalachian Mountain fuels photo series Coates et al., 2020 Source: General Technical Report SRS-253 PDF

Fire and Fire Surrogate Studies Bat activity in relation to fire and fire surrogate treatments in southern pine stands Loeb & Waldrop, 2008 Source: Forest Ecology and Management PDF Bird response to fire severity and repeated burning in upland hardwood forest Greenberg et al., 2013 Source: Forest Ecology and Management PDF Eastern Red Bat (Lasiurus borealis) and Easter Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus subflavus) maternal roost selection: Implications for forest management Leput, 2004 Source: Master's Thesis - Clemson University PDF Effects of fuel reduction treatments on avian nest density in the upper piedmont of South Carolina Kilpatrick et al., 2010 Source: Open Environmental Sciences PDF Effects of fuel reduction treatments on the incidence of two root pathogens of forest trees Zwart et al., 2004 Source: Master's Thesis - Clemson University PDF Long-term avian response to fire severity, repeated burning, and mechanical fuel reduction in upland hardwood forest Greenberg et al., 2018 Source: Forest Ecology and Management PDF Proceedings of the 3rd Fire in Eastern Oak Forests Conference Hutchinson, 2009 Source: GTR NRS-P-46 PDF Seasonal avifauna responses to fuel reduction treatments in the upper piedmont of South Carolina: Results from Phase 1 of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate Study Zebehazy et al., 2004 Source: General Technical Report SRS-71 PDF Short-term effects of fire and other fuel reduction treatments on breeding birds in a southern Appalachian upland hardwood forest Greenberg et al., 2007 Source: The Journal of Wildlife Management PDF Short-term response of reptiles and amphibians to prescribed fire and mechanical fuel reduction in a southern Appalachian upland hardwood forest Greenberg & Waldrop, 2008 Source: Forest Ecology and Management PDF The Effects of Prescribed Burning and Thinning as Fuel Reduction Treatments on Herpetofauna in the Upper Piedmont of South Carolina Kilpatrick et al., 2004 Source: Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-71 PDF The effects of repeated prescribed fire and thinning on bees, wasps, and other flower visitors in the understory and midstory of a temperate forest in North Carolina Campbell et al., 2018 Source: Forest Science PDF

Wildfire Potential Positive Effects of Fire on Juvenile Amphibians in a Southern USA Pine Forest Brown et al., 2011 Source: Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management PDF Fifty-five years of change in a northwest Georgia old-growth forest Butler et al., 2018 Source: Castanea PDF Effect of soil water-repellent layer depth on post-wildfire hydrological processes Chen et al., 2019 Source: Hydrological Processes PDF Proceedings of the 4th Fire in Eastern Oak Forests Conference Dey et al., 2011 Source: General Technical Report NRS-P-102 PDF Changes in Avian Diversity Post-Wildfire in a Southeastern Deciduous Forest: Flipper Bend Woods, Signal Mountain,Tennessee Feely et al., 2023 Source: Bio One PDF Short-term response of reptiles and amphibians to prescribed fire and mechanical fuel reduction in a southern Appalachian upland hardwood forest Greenberg & Waldrop, 2008 Source: Forest Ecology and Management PDF Breeding bird abundance and species diversity greatest in high-severity wildfire patches in central hardwood forests Greenberg et al., 2023 Source: Forest Ecology and Management PDF Fire in the southern Appalachians: Understanding impacts, interventions, and future fire events James et al., 2020 Source: General Technical Report SRS-249 PDF Drivers and ecological impacts of a wildfire outbreak in the southern Appalachian Mountains after decades of fire exclusion Reilly et al., 2022 Source: Forest Ecology and Management PDF Delayed fire mortality has long‐term ecological effects across the Southern Appalachian landscape Robbins et al., 2022 Source : Ecosphere PDF Assessing the relationship between litter & duff consumption and post-fire soil temperature regimes Smith & Hagan, 2020 Source: Fire PDF Wave of fire: An anthropogenic signal in historical fire regimes across central Pennsylvania, USA Stambaugh et al., 2018 Source: Ecosphere PDF Duff burning from wildfires in a moist region: different impacts on PM 2.5 and ozone Zhang et al., 2022 Source: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics PDF The contribution of duff consumption to fire emissions and air pollution of the Rough Ridge Fire Zhao et al., 2019 Source: International Journal of Wildland Fire PDF

Research Briefs Demand for Prescribed Fire on Private Lands in the Mid-Atlantic United States Restoring fire across the eastern US landscapes is complicated by a diverse mix of public and private land ownerships. In the Mid-Atlantic region, most prescribed burning occurs on public lands. However, three-fourths of forestlands in this region are privately owned which means the potential for private lands burning is significant. This research conducted a regional survey of private landowners regarding their knowledge and interest in prescribed burning with the intent of informing policies that support prescribed burning. This project builds on a 2021 survey conducted in Pennsylvania by Arun Regmi to help inform the design of an extension education program about private lands burning. Read More