soil
Partner Webinar: The effect of prescribed fire on above- and below-ground soil properties in the Ozark Highlands
Register here. The Wildlife Society and The Society of American Foresters continuing education credits (1 hour Cat 1) approved Prescribed fire is commonly applied to meet a variety of forest management objectives, including the restoration and maintenance of Oak (Quercus spp.) woodlands. In the Ozark Highlands, private landowners, conservation organizations, and government agencies are increasingly […]
Natural and Prescribed Wildland Fire Impacts on Soil Health, National Academy of Sciences Board on Earth Sciences and Resources Fall Meeting
Climate change is increasing the odds of higher occurrence rates, intensity, and severity of wildland fires in drought-prone regions. High intensity wildfires not only denude the landscape and lower the resistance of soils to surface erosion, but they also change the physical properties of soils, alter the soil microbiome, and extend the recovery timescales relative […]
Partner Webinar: Science in Practice: From the Mountains to the Coast: Fire Effects on the Soils of the South
Presented by Mac Callaham, SRS Research Ecologist Wednesday, November 17, 2021 • 9:00—9:30 a.m. ET You can connect to the webinar through Microsoft Teams. Some key messages from this webinar: For most of the last 10,000 years, the majority of the land area in the Southeastern US experienced frequent fires, which influenced forest composition and soil functions. […]