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Project ID: 10-2-01-1

Year: 2010

Date Started: 07/01/2010

Ending Date:  12/30/2012

Title: Restoring and Sustaining Eastern Oak Ecosystems with Prescribed Fire

Project Proposal Abstract: A knowledge synthesis project on the role of prescribed fire in restoring and sustaining eastern oak forests is proposed as a means of developing guidelines for land managers working with the various types of oak forests. The project consists of a literature review to identify the key factors that lead to a prescribed fire success or failure in regenerating or restoring an eastern oak ecosystem. These key factors would then be synthesized into management guidelines based on the even-aged stand development model. Publication of the literature review would be in a high-quality scientific journal while the management guidelines would be in a Forest Service General Technical Report. A DVD showing proper burning procedures for regenerating and restoring eastern oak ecosystems will be produced to accompany the guidebook. Both the DVD and guidebook will be introduced to land managers via a series of workshops.

Principal Investigator: Patrick H. Brose

Agency/Organization: Forest Service

Branch or Dept: NRS-Forestry Sciences Lab-Irvine PA

Other Project Collaborators

Type	Name	Agency/Organization	Branch or Dept
Co-Principal Investigator	Daniel C. Dey	Forest Service	NRS-Northern Research Station
Co-Principal Investigator	Thomas A. Waldrop	Forest Service	SRS-Department of Forest Resources
Federal Cooperator	Patrick H. Brose	Forest Service	NRS-Forestry Sciences Lab-Irvine PA
Federal Fiscal Representative	David G Garrison	Forest Service	NRS-Northern Research Station

Project Locations

Consortium

Appalachian

Great Plains

Lake States

Oak Woodlands

South

Tallgrass

Level	State	Agency	Unit
REGIONAL	Northeast	FED
REGIONAL	Southeast	FED

Project Deliverables

Final Report ("Results presented in JFSP Final Reports may not have been peer-reviewed and should be interpreted as tentative until published in a peer-reviewed source.")

	ID	Type	Title
	10253	Refereed Publication	A Meta-Analysis of the Fire-Oak Hypothesis: Does Prescribed Burning Promote Oak Reproduction in Eastern North America?
	10258	Photo	Vigorous oak sprouts a few months after a prescribed release burn.
	10257	Photo	A release burn in a shelterwood stand to free oak reproduction from competitors.
	10256	Photo	A seedbed preparation burn to create favorable germination conditions for future acorns.
	10255	Photo	A red pine sample showing fire scars and dates
	10254	Photo	Fire-scarred red pine in northern Pennsylvania

Supporting Documents

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