Partners in the Southern Blue Ridge FLN (SBR FLN) collaborate to develop, share and
apply the best available science to restore fire across a vast, diverse region.
Partners and stakeholders work in teams in the network’s seven landscapes to
set and achieve restoration goals in their fire-adapted pine and oak forests.
Landscapes active in this network are:
SBR FLN lead contacts:
Beth Buchanan, USFS Regional Fire Ecologist, (404) 606-2295
Carmella Stirrat, TNC-NC Fire Manager, (330) 701-5404
Webinars, Presentations, Papers & Products: - The Fire Manager's Guide to Blue Ridge Ecozones (Adam Warwick, February 2021)
- Lessons Learned From 12 Years of SBR FLN Fire Response Monitoring webinar (February 2021)
- A Primer for the Call-When-Needed Crew Model (2020)
- African American Attitudes Toward & Experiences with Controlled Burning in Alabama, Florida and Georgia webinar (July 2020)
- Hot
Burns, Cold Burns, and Everything in Between: Exploring Prescribed Burning's
Impacts on Forest Structure in the Appalachians webinar (May 2019)
- SBR TREX 2018 by the numbers fact sheet
- Cherokee NF South Zone Collaborative Group programmatic environmental assessment recommendations and lessons learned (April 2019)
- Landscape Conservation Forecasting: Great Smoky Mountains National Park final report and webinar
(report: Greg Low, Rob Klein and Katherine Medlock, September 18, 2017; webinar: Klein and Medlock, May 1, 2018)
- Wildfire Effects on Vegetation in Linville Gorge Wilderness Area webinar by Cassandra Pallai, October 23, 2015.
- Poster: Hard Mast Production Following Two Prescribed Burns in Western NC (SAF, November 2015)
- Poster: Changes in Forest Structure Following Dormant Season Prescribed Burns in the Southern Appalachians (SAF, November 2015)
- Using LiDAR to Analyze Vegetation Structure & Ecological Departure in the Upper Warwoman Watershed webinar and report by Josh Kelly, July 9, 2014
- SBR FLN: Prescribed Fire Effects on Vegetation webinar, June 23, 2014
- Ecological Zones in the SBR Escarpment, 4th Approximation by Steven A. Simon, April 1, 2015 report
- Report: The Fire-Oak Literature of Eastern North America: Synthesis and Guidelines(GTR-NRS-135), 2014
- Proceedings: Wildland Fire in the Appalachians: Discussions Among Managers and Scientists The
Southern Blue Ridge Fire Learning Network: A Collaborative Partnership
to Restore Fire-Adapted Ecosystems and Build Resilient Forests and
Communities in the Southern Blue Ridge (GTR-SRS-199), 2014
- Fire History and its Relation to Climate and Land Use in Three Southern Appalachian Landscapes in the Eastern U.S. webinar, May 30, 2013
- Using LiDAR to Map & Assess Forest Structure webinar, Jan. 25, 2013
- What We are Learning about the Effects of Prescribed Burns in the Southern Appalachians webinar, Nov. 29, 2012
- Ecological Burn Prioritization Model (Grandfather RD in the Central Escarpment landscape) webinar and slides, May 18, 2011
- Burn Prioritization Model Use on the South Mountains Landscape presentation, 2012
- Implementing a Burn Prioritization Model for South Mountains Burn Units with GIS presentation, 2011
Outreach Materials:
FLN Notes from the Field:
SEE ALSO: recordings of webinars from across the FLN, including several from the Southern Blue Ridge FLN
