Friday Flash - Restoring Fire-Adapted Oak-Pine Communities at The Dome, Green Mountain National Forest
This two-part event hosted by the Green Mountain National Forest will showcase The Dome’s unique ecological features as well as current management objectives and recent harvest and prescribed fire activities. Northern New England does indeed have some fire-adapted plant communities, including in Vermont. The event will examine how sassafras and oak in the Green Mountain National Forest respond to the changes created by fire, how the National Forest monitors and analyzes these effects, and how to set ecological goals and desired fire effects in the various treatment blocks.
Folks are welcome to attend solely the virtual webinar without attending the field trip.
Webinar: October 12 2022, 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Agenda to include:
The future of landscape restoration with prescribed fire
Advanced smoke modeling
Monitoring data and analysis (treated and reference) from May 2019 and May 2022
LANDFIRE: historical fire regime and return interval
The Dome: ecological context and historical and recent management objectives and actions
Field trip: October 14 2022, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.
Details:
Meet at the trailhead at 10:00 AM
Hike up to a red pine outcrop with heath understory at the top of The Dome
Field discussions of ecological management and restoration along the way
Please contact the event organizers (North Atlantic Fire Science Exchange) with any questions at NAFSEhelp@gmail.com.