Fire-dependent communities are declining worldwide due to fire suppression and land development, reducing biodiversity. Open pine barren and savannah ecosystems (‘pine barrens’ hereafter) are a classic example of fire-dependent ecosystem…
R. Gregory Corace, III (US Fish and Wildlife Service-Seney National Wildlife Refuge) email Lindsey M. Shartell (MN Department of Natural Resources) Dawn S. Marsh (US Fish and Wildlife Service-Seney National…
The eastern massasauga rattlesnake (Sistrurus catenatus) is a threatened species that occurs in habitats frequently targeted by prescribed burns. There have been reports of massasauga mortality as a result of…
Related reading - Hoving et al. 2013. Changing Climate, Changing Wildlife - A vulnerability Assessment of 400 Species of Greatest Conservation Need and Game Species in Michigan. Michigan Department of…
The webinar will review how fire helps regulate the balance between oak forests and the three other vegetation types it interfaces with in the north central U.S.: grasslands, mesic forests…
Our study of fire, vegetation, and birds at Seney NWR examines the impact of both spring and summer burns on areas that historically had abundant yellow rails. We hypothesized that…