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Fire in the southern Appalachians : understanding impacts, interventions, and future fire events / Natasha A. James [and four others].
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- James, Natasha A., author.
- Abt, Karen Lee, author.
- Frey, Gregory E., author.
- Han, Xue, author.
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P., author.
- Series:
- General technical report SRS ; 249.
- General technical report SRS ; 249
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wildfires--Appalachian Region, Southern.
- Wildfires.
- Wildfires--Appalachian Region, Southern--Forecasting.
- Wildfires--Appalachian Region, Southern--Prevention.
- Prescribed burning--Appalachian Region, Southern.
- Prescribed burning.
- Fire ecology--Appalachian Region, Southern.
- Fire ecology.
- Wildfire forecasting--Appalachian Region, Southern.
- Wildfire forecasting.
- Southern Appalachian Region.
- Genre:
- technical reports.
- Technical reports
- Technical reports.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (34 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps
- Place of Publication:
- Asheville, NC : United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station, April 2020.
- Summary:
- From October to December of 2016, a confluence of human and environmental factors led to an outbreak of wildfires across the Southern Appalachian Mountains. This report examines the time trends of fire in the Southern Appalachian region, including mitigation activities and forecasting acres burned. The introduction (ch. 1) of this report describes the 2016 Southern Appalachian fires on public lands and provides a brief description of the methodology used to understand economic impacts of fire. Chapters 2 and 3 examine how prescribed fire is used in this region. The final chapter (ch. 4) describes how we can expect area burned by both human- and lightning-caused fires to change given increases in global temperatures, fuels, and wildland fire management.
- Notes:
- "April 2020."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Online resource, PDF version; title from title page (USFS, viewed June 26, 2019).
- OCLC:
- 1160193088
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