Southeastern Piedmont | Study Sites | Fire and Fire Surrogates Study

Clemson University Experimental Forest
Piedmont pine and pine-hardwood forest
Fire return interval: annual to 30 years
Represents 15 million hectares in the southeastern Piedmont
Dominant species include loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) and shortleaf pine (P. echinata) with mixtures of oak and other hardwoods in the canopy and subcanopy.
The region is largely forested with second- or third-growth timber resulting from reforestation of abandoned farmland and harvesting since the Great Depression.
South Carolina suppresses 4500 wildfires each year.
At least one catastrophic wildfire (over 400 hectares) has occurred in South Carolina each year since 1970.

For information visit the Southeastern Piedmont FFS Site Location Web Site.

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Site Manager

Thomas A. Waldrop, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station

Site Data Manager

Ross Phillips, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station

Site Discipline Leaders

*Economics* Jamie Barbour, USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station	*Entomology* Roy Hedden, Clemson University, Dept. Forest Resources	*Fuels* Thomas A. Waldrop, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station
*Pathology* Steve Jeffers, Clemson University, Dept. Plant Pathology	*Soils* Vic Shelburne, Clemson University, Dept. Forest Resources	*Vegetation* Thomas A. Waldrop, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station
*Wildlife* Dave Guynn, Clemson University, Dept. Forest Resources Drew Lanham, Clemson University, Dept. Forest Resources

Person	Year	Title
Edminster, Weatherspoon, Neary	2000	The Fire and Fire Surrogates Study: providing guidelines for fire in future forest watershed management decisions
McIver, Erickson, Youngblood	2012	Principal short-term findings of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate study
Neuenschwander, Ryan, Weatherspoon	2000	A proposed long-term national study of the consequences of fire and fire surrogate treatments
Peterson, Maguire, Youngblood, Metlen, Knapp, Outcalt, Stephens, Waldrop, Yaussy	2005	Implementation of the fire and fire surrogate study: a national research effort to evaluate the consequences of fuel reduction treatments

Person	Year	Title
Connor, Waldrop, McIver	2006	The National Fire and Fire Surrogate Study: early results and future challenges
Edminster, Weatherspoon, Neary	2000	The Fire and Fire Surrogates Study: providing guidelines for fire in future forest watershed management decisions
McIver, Boerner, Hart	2008	The national fire and fire surrogate study: ecological consequences of alternative fuel reduction methods in seasonally dry forests
McIver, Erickson, Youngblood	2012	Principal short-term findings of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate study
McIver, Weatherspoon	2010	On conducting a multisite, multidisciplinary forestry research project: lessons from the national fire and fire surrogate study
Neuenschwander, Ryan, Weatherspoon	2000	A proposed long-term national study of the consequences of fire and fire surrogate treatments
Schwilk, Keeley, Knapp, McIver, Bailey, Fettig, Fiedler, Harrod, Moghaddas, Outcalt, Skinner, Stephens, Waldrop, Yaussy, Youngblood	2009	The national Fire and Fire Surrogate study: effects of fuel reduction methods on forest vegetation structure and fuels
Youngblood, Bigler-Cole, Fettig, Fiedler, Knapp, Lehmkuhl, Outcalt, Skinner, Stephens, Waldrop	2007	Making fire and fire surrogate science available: a summary of regional workshops with clients

Person	Year	Title
McIver, Erickson, Youngblood	2012	Principal short-term findings of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate study

Person	Year	Title
Boyle	2002	Short-term response of bark beetles to fuel reduction treatments in the upper Piedmont
Connor, Boyle, Hedden, Waldrop	2004	Impact of prescribed fire and thinning on host resistance to the southern pine beetle: preliminary results of the national Fire and Fire Surrogate Study
McIver, Erickson, Youngblood	2012	Principal short-term findings of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate study
Staeben	2003	The effects of fire and fire surrogate forest management practices on Coleopterans in the Clemson Experimental Forest
Vickers	2003	Spider (Araneae) responses to fuel reduction in a Piedmont forest in upstate South Carolina

Person	Year	Title
Connor, Mohr, Waldrop	2006	A simulation of wildfire behavior in Piedmont forests
Connor, Mohr, Waldrop, Rideout-Hanzak, Phillips, Flint	2004	Effectiveness of fire and fire surrogate treatments for controlling wildfire behavior in Piedmont forests: a simulation study
Connor, Waldrop, Glass, Rideout-Hanzak, Shelburne, Mohr, Phillips	2004	An evaluation of fuel-reduction treatments across a landscape gradient in Piedmont forests: preliminary results of the national fire and fire surrogate study
McIver, Erickson, Youngblood	2012	Principal short-term findings of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate study

Person	Year	Title
McIver, Erickson, Youngblood	2012	Principal short-term findings of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate study
McLaughlin	2007	Effects of fuel reduction treatments on species of Phytophthora and Leptographium in forest ecosystems
Zwart	2004	Effects of fuel reduction treatments on the incidence of two root pathogens of forest trees

Person	Year	Title
McIver, Erickson, Youngblood	2012	Principal short-term findings of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate study
Youngblood, Bigler-Cole, Fettig, Fiedler, Knapp, Lehmkuhl, Outcalt, Skinner, Stephens, Waldrop	2007	Making fire and fire surrogate science available: a summary of regional workshops with clients

Person	Year	Title
Boerner, Giai, Huang, Miesel	2008	Initial effects of fire and mechanical thinning on soil enzyme activity and nitrogen transformations in eight North American forest ecosystems
Boerner, Huang, Hart	2008	Impacts of fire and fire surrogate treatments on ecosystem nitrogen storage patterns: similarities and differences between forests of eastern and western North America
Boerner, Huang, Hart	2009	Impacts of Fire and Fire Surrogate treatments on forest soil properties: a meta-analytical approach
Boerner, Waldrop, Shelburne	2006	Wildfire mitigation strategies affect soil enzyme activity and soil organic carbon in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) forests
Connor, Callaham, Anderson, Waldrop, Lione, Shelburne	2004	Litter decomposition and soil respiration responses to fuel-reduction treatments in Piedmont loblolly pine forests
Connor, Shelburne, Boyle, Lione, Waldrop	2004	Preliminary effects of prescribed burning and thinning as fuel reduction treatments on the Piedmont soils of the Clemson Experimental Forest
Lione	2002	Effects of prescribed burning and thinning as fuel reduction treatments on the soils of the Clemson Experimental Forest
McIver, Erickson, Youngblood	2012	Principal short-term findings of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate study
Yaussy, Hix, Long, Goebel, Boerner, Waldrop, Skinner, Callaham, Brinkman, Smith	2004	Ecosystem restoration and wildfire management treatments affect soil organic matter and microbial activity in four contrasting forests

Person	Year	Title
Connor, Phillips, Waldrop, Chapman, Mohr, Callaham, Flint	2004	Effects of fuel-reduction techniques on vegetative composition of Piedmont loblolly-shortleaf pine communities: preliminary results of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate Study
McIver, Erickson, Youngblood	2012	Principal short-term findings of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate study
Peterson, Maguire, Youngblood, Metlen, Knapp, Outcalt, Stephens, Waldrop, Yaussy	2005	Implementation of the fire and fire surrogate study: a national research effort to evaluate the consequences of fuel reduction treatments
Phillips, Waldrop	2008	Changes in vegetation structure and composition in response to fuel reduction treatments in the South Carolina Piedmont

Person	Year	Title
Bartuszevige, Kennedy	2009	Synthesis of knowledge on the effects of fire and thinning treatments on understory vegetation in U.S. dry forests
Connor, Kilpatrick, Kubacz, Guynn, Lanham, Waldrop	2004	The effects of prescribed burning and thinning on herpetofauna and small mammals in Piedmont pine-hardwood forests: preliminary results of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate Study
Connor, Zebehazy, Lanham, Waldrop	2004	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
Converse, White, Farris, Zack	2006	Small mammals and forest fuel reduction: national-scale responses to fire and fire surrogates
Kennedy, Fontaine	2009	Synthesis of knowledge on the effects of fire and fire surrogates on wildlife in U.S. dry forests
Kilpatrick	2002	The effects of prescribed burning and thinning as fuel reduction treatments on herpetofauna in the Upper Piedmont of South Carolina
Kilpatrick, Waldrop, Lanham, Greenberg, Contreras	2010	Short-term effects of fuel reduction treatments on herpetofauna from the southeastern United States
Kubacz	2003	Effects of fire and fire surrogate treatments on small mammals in the South Carolina Piedmont
Leput	2004	Eastern red bat (Lasiurus borealis) and eastern pipistrelle (Pipistrellus subflavus) maternal roost selection: implications for forest management
Loeb, Waldrop	2008	Bat activity in relation to fire and fire surrogate treatments in southern pine stands
McIver, Erickson, Youngblood	2012	Principal short-term findings of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate study
Zebehazy	2002	Avian and arthropod responses to fuel reduction treatments in the upper Piedmont of South Carolina

Person	Year	Title
McIver, Erickson, Youngblood	2012	Principal short-term findings of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate study

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