Southern Appalachian Forests at Risk
Author | : Southern Appalachian Forest Coalition |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 47 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Forests and forestry |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Southern Appalachian Forest Coalition |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 47 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Forests and forestry |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Southern Appalachian Forest Coalition |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 20 |
Release | : 2000* |
Genre | : Forest management |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Laura E. Jackson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 82 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Conservation of natural resources |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Southern Appalachian Forest Coalition |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 10 |
Release | : 1999* |
Genre | : Forests |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Cathryn H. Greenberg |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 513 |
Release | : 2021-10-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3030732673 |
This edited volume presents original scientific research and knowledge synthesis covering the past, present, and potential future fire ecology of major US forest types, with implications for forest management in a changing climate. The editors and authors highlight broad patterns among ecoregions and forest types, as well as detailed information for individual ecoregions, for fire frequencies and severities, fire effects on tree mortality and regeneration, and levels of fire-dependency by plant and animal communities. The foreword addresses emerging ecological and fire management challenges for forests, in relation to sustainable development goals as highlighted in recent government reports. An introductory chapter highlights patterns of variation in frequencies, severities, scales, and spatial patterns of fire across ecoregions and among forested ecosystems across the US in relation to climate, fuels, topography and soils, ignition sources (lightning or anthropogenic), and vegetation. Separate chapters by respected experts delve into the fire ecology of major forest types within US ecoregions, with a focus on the level of plant and animal fire-dependency, and the role of fire in maintaining forest composition and structure. The regional chapters also include discussion of historic natural (lightning-ignited) and anthropogenic (Native American; settlers) fire regimes, current fire regimes as influenced by recent decades of fire suppression and land use history, and fire management in relation to ecosystem integrity and restoration, wildfire threat, and climate change. The summary chapter combines the major points of each chapter, in a synthesis of US-wide fire ecology and forest management into the future. This book provides current, organized, readily accessible information for the conservation community, land managers, scientists, students and educators, and others interested in how fire behavior and effects on structure and composition differ among ecoregions and forest types, and what that means for forest management today and in the future.
Author | : Chris Bolgiano |
Publisher | : Stackpole Books |
Total Pages | : 330 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780811701266 |
An eloquent account of Appalachia's past and future. Since European settlement, Appalachia's natural history has been profoundly impacted by the people who have lived, worked, and traveled there. Bolgiano's journey explores the influx of settlers, Native American displacement, lumber and coal exploitation, the birth of forestry, and conservation issues. 37 photos.
Author | : John Nolt |
Publisher | : Univ. of Tennessee Press |
Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781572333260 |
Cherokees called the magnificent mountain range in eastern Tennessee "land ofthe blue mist," which European settlers later changed to "Smoky Mountains."Today, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is one of SouthernAppalachia's leading tourist attractions. But that fabled blue mist isn't so blue-- orhealthy-- any longer. Particularly in the summer months, the "smoke" of the Smokies isa haze of sulfate particles and other pollutants released by coal-burning power plants, amixture more likely to create dangerous ozone levels for visiting tourists than the invigorating "mountain air" so many come to seek.It is a story common throughout Southern Appalachia, one of America's most beautiful, biologically diverse, and fragile bioregions. A Land Imperiled is a symptom-by-symptomlook at the myriad of ecological issues threatening the health of the southernhigh country. Sections on air, water, plants and animals, food, energy, waste, transportation, and population and urbanization make this the most comprehensive environmentalstudy of Southern Appalachia to date-- a much-needed wake-up call for anyone concernedabout the region's natural legacy.But it is not just the future we have to worry about, the author asserts; pollution, development, and other forms of degradation are already affecting our quality of life. Theexcessively high ozone levels plaguing the Smokies have been connected to a host of respiratory problems, including chronic bronchitis and asthma. Once-crystal streams aregreen and sluggish with runoff from agricultural wastes. Over half of the South's naturalforests are gone, and a mere 2 percent of the remaining forests have protected status.The environment of Southern Appalachia is a collection of complex, interrelatedsystems that needs care and protection to function in full health. A Land Imperiled notonly illustrates the many ways in which the health of this bioregion is being affected, but also provides examples of how the damage can be reversed to sustain ourselves andthis natural treas
Author | : David H. Van Lear |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Fire ecology |
ISBN | : |