Using fire compartments and historical land cover to rediscover grasslands in the Eastern U.S. for restoration
Presenters: Brice B. Hanberry, Research Ecologist, Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Rapid City, South Dakota, USA & Reed F. Noss,
Chief Science Advisor, Southeastern Grasslands Institute
With a changing climate, grasslands are expected to be more resilient to fires, droughts, and insect
outbreaks. As a result, grassland restoration and management are of particular interest to ecologists,
but little is known about the historical extent of grasslands in the eastern U.S. Brice Hanberry & Reed
Noss will discuss how they used the concept of “fire compartments” and historical land cover (sourced
from LANDFIRE products) to model and understand potential grassland cover in the eastern U.S. Join us for this casual back-and-forth discussion.
A picture is worth a thousand words: How IFTDSS is changing the look of fuels planning
Kim Ernstrom, Wildland Fire Management RD&A - NPS; Brianna Schueller, Fire Technology Transfer Specialist, RMRS, Wildland Fire Management RD&A, Jennifer Anderson, Division Chief Prescribed Fire & Fuels, Yosemite National Park