This symposium, organized by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, was held at Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in Manteo, North Carolina in November 2013. The goal of this symposium was to increase the knowledge base for the issues regarding the management of forested wetlands with fire in an environment affected by climate change. A wide audience of local and regional land and resource managers, educators, researchers, and planners attended the symposium and heard several presentations and participated in a field tour. The symposium was funded by the Joint Fire Science Program with support from the US Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Region Fire Management Division, the Coastal Wildlife Refuge Society, and the Southern Fire Exchange.
Several of the symposium presentations can be viewed by clicking on the links below. Each presentation is accompanied by a short abstract, which can be found in the symposium program. If you have any questions, please contact Sue Wilder.
Symposium Program (includes agenda and short abstracts)
Symposium Presentations
- 428 Years of Change in Forested Wetlands: An Accelerating Rollover
Cecil Frost, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Fire Danger Rating for Organic Soils
Gary M. Curcio, IPA Fire Environment Specialists, LLC
Jim Reardon, US Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station - Building Sea-level Rise Resilience and Water Management Capability at Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge and Dare County Bombing Range
Christine Pickens, The Nature Conservancy - Ecological Considerations for Forested Peat Wetlands: Meeting Biological Objectives at the Landscape Scale
Sara Ward, US Fish and Wildlife Service
Chuck Hunter, US Fish and Wildlife Service - Priority Concerns for Wildlife and Habitat Management in Coastal Wetlands
Dennis Stewart, US Fish and Wildlife Service - Effects of Recent Fires at Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, 2002-2013
Laura Mitchell, US Fish and Wildlife Service - Wildfire Management on Peat Soils
Ed Christopher, US Fish and Wildlife Service - History of Prescribed Fire on Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge
Kelley Van Druten, US Fish and Wildlife Service - Assessing Hydrologic and Salinity Thresholds Driving Ecosystem Transition at Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge
John King, North Carolina State University - Carbon Emissions from Recent Peatland Fires
Robert Mickler, Alion Science and Technology Corporation - Water Handling Operations in Peat Soil
Tim Craig, US Fish and Wildlife Service - Landscape Conservation Design in Eastern North Carolina and Southeastern Virginia
Pete Benjamin, US Fish and Wildlife Service