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The Green Swamp is a 16,000 acre nature preserve located in the southeastern coastal plain of North Carolina. Owned by The Nature Conservancy, it is managed to protect the indigenous assemblage of plants and animals of the area. The swamp supports longleaf pine savannas…
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Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Aquatic, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, bogs, coastal plain, fire intensity, fire management, firebreaks, fragmentation, fuel loading, hydrology, land management, longleaf pine, North Carolina, organic soils, Pinus palustris, plantations, pocosins, savannas, smoke management, soils, swamps, wildlife refuges
Managers of designated wilderness or conservation areas, especially those that are fire-dependent, often face a major dilemma. It is essential that fire perform its natural role of rejuvenating the ecosystem. Standards of environmental regulation, stewardship responsibilities…
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Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Intelligence, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science, Economics, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, archaeological sites, Aristida stricta, burning permits, conservation, ecosystem dynamics, education, fire dependent species, fire management, fire protection, flatwoods, Georgia, hunting, lakes, liability, natural resource legislation, Okefenokee Swamp, Pinus palustris, pocosins, pollution, public information, recreation, rivers, smoke management, swamps, threatened and endangered species, water, wetlands, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wildlife, wildlife refuges