Southern Appalachian Mountains | Study Sites | Fire and Fire Surrogates Study

Green River Game Management Area
Appalachian hardwood and pine
Represents several million hectares in the southern Appalachian mountains

For more information, visit the Southern Research Station Fire and Fire Surrogate website.

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Site Manager

Thomas A. Waldrop, USDA, FS, Southern Research Station
twaldrop@fs.fed.us
864-656-5054

Site Data Manager

Ross Phillips, USDA, FS, Southern Research Station
rjphillips@fs.fed.us
864-656-4496

Site Discipline Leaders

*Economics* Bob Rummer, USDA, FS, Southern Research Station rrummer@fs.fed.us 334-826-8700	*Entomology* Jim Hanula, USDA, FS, Southern Research Station jhanula@fs.fed.us 706-559-4253	*Fuels* Thomas A. Waldrop, USDA, FS, Southern Research Station twaldrop@fs.fed.us 864-656-5054
*Pathology* Steve Jeffers, Clemson University, Dept. of Plant Pathology 864-656-7157	*Soils* Dave Van Lear, Clemson University, Dept. Forest Resources dvnlr@clemson.edu 864-656-4857	*Vegetation* Thomas A. Waldrop, USDA, FS, Southern Research Station twaldrop@fs.fed.us 864-656-5054
*Wildlife* Katie Greenberg, USDA, FS, Southern Research Station kgreenberg@fs.fed.us 828-667-5261x118

Person	Year	Title
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
Hutchinson, Yaussy, Waldrop	2009	Fire and Fire Surrogate study: annotated highlights from oak-dominated sites
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
Chalmers, Hartsough	2001	Thinning and prescribed fire as methods to reduce fuel loading - a cost analysis
McIver, Erickson, Youngblood	2012	Principal short-term findings of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate study

Person	Year	Title
Campbell, Hanula, Waldrop	2007	Effects of prescribed fire and fire surrogates on floral visiting insects of the blue ridge province in North Carolina
Campbell, Hanula, Waldrop	2007	Observations of Speyeria diana (Diana Fritillary) utilizing forested areas in North Carolina that have been mechanically thinned and burned
McIver, Erickson, Youngblood	2012	Principal short-term findings of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate study

Person	Year	Title
Connor, Phillips, Waldrop, Simon	2006	Assessment of the FARSITE model for predicting fire behavior in the southern Appalachian Mountains
McIver, Erickson, Youngblood	2012	Principal short-term findings of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate study
Waldrop, Waldrop, Mohr, Phillips, Simon	2014	The National Fire and Fire Surrogate Study: vegetation changes over 11 years of fuel reduction treatments in the southern Appalachian Mountains

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, Coates, Yaussy, Waldrop	2008	Assessing ecosystem restoration alternatives in eastern deciduous forests: the view from belowground
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
Coates, Boerner, Waldrop, Yaussy	2008	Soil nitrogen transformations under alternative management strategies in Appalachian forests
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
Butler, Cook, Phillips, Hutchinson, Brudnak, Waldrop	2007	Fire and fire surrogate treatments in mixed-oak forests: effects on herbaceous layer vegetation
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
Waldrop, Phillips, Simon	2010	Fuels and predicted fire behavior in the southern Appalachian Mountains after fire and fire surrogate treatments
Waldrop, Yaussy, Phillips, Hutchinson, Brudnak, Boerner	2008	Fuel reduction treatments affect stand structure of hardwood forests in western North Carolina and southern Ohio, USA

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
Converse, White, Farris, Zack	2006	Small mammals and forest fuel reduction: national-scale responses to fire and fire surrogates
Greenberg, Forrest, Waldrop	2010	Short-term response of ground-dwelling arthropods to prescribed fire and mechanical fuel reduction in a southern Appalachian upland hardwood forest
Greenberg, Miller, Waldrop	2007	Short-term response of shrews to prescribed fire and mechanical fuel reduction in a Southern Appalachian upland hardwood forest
Greenberg, Otis, Waldrop	2006	Response of white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) to fire and fire surrogate fuel reduction treatments in a southern Appalachian hardwood forest
Greenberg, Tomcho, Lanham, Waldrop, Tomcho, Phillips, Simon	2006	Short-term effects of fire and other fuel reduction treatments on breeding birds in a Southern Appalachian upland hardwood forest
Greenberg, Waldrop	2008	Short-term response of reptiles and amphibians to prescribed fire and mechanical fuel reduction in a southern Appalachian upland hardwood forest
Kennedy, Fontaine	2009	Synthesis of knowledge on the effects of fire and fire surrogates on wildlife in U.S. dry forests
Kilpatrick, Waldrop, Lanham, Greenberg, Contreras	2010	Short-term effects of fuel reduction treatments on herpetofauna from the southeastern United States
Livings-Tomcho	2004	Effects of prescribed fire and understory removal on bird communities in a southern Appalachian forest
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