Fire Regimes of the Central Appalachian Mountains

Presentations of JFSP-Sponsored Research

We have presented the results from our JFSP-sponsored research at national meetings, regional meetings, USDA Forest Service workshops, and other symposia. These presentations have mostly been oral talks although a few were presented as posters which provided increased visibility for our research. The presentations have been given by all levels of academics, including both principal investigators, both Ph.D. level graduate students, several Master's level graduate students, Forest Service personnel, and even two undergraduate honors student at the University of Tennessee.

1.   Daniel B. Lewis and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, 2003. Fire history and age structure analyses of kipuka forests in El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico. Annual Meeting, Association of American Geographers, 4–8 March 2003, New Orleans, Louisiana.

2.   Henri D. Grissino-Mayer and Daniel B. Lewis, 2003. Fire history and age structure analyses of kipuka forests in El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico. Joint Fire Science Program Annual Meeting, 13 March 2003, Phoenix, Arizona.

3.   Henri D. Grissino-Mayer and Michael R. Armbrister, 2003. Changes in fire regimes and the successional status of Table Mountain pine (Pinus pungens Lamb.) in the southern Appalachians. Joint Fire Science Program Annual Meeting, 13 March 2003, Phoenix, Arizona.

4.  Charles W. Lafon, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Elaine K. Sutherland, Steve Q. Croy, Georgina D. Wight, and Serena R. Aldrich, 2003. Fire regimes and successional dynamics of yellow pine (Pinus) stands in the central Appalachian Mountains. George Washington and Jefferson National Forests, Fire Management Officers and Rangers Meeting, 14–17 October 2003, Marion, Virginia.

5.  Charles W. Lafon, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Elaine K. Sutherland, Steven Q. Croy, Georgina D. Wight, and Serena R. Aldrich, 2004. Fire regimes and successional dynamics of yellow pine (Pinus) stands in the central Appalachian Mountains. Region Eight Joint Fire Management Officers and Integrated Resources Meeting, 20–23 January 2004, Savannah, Georgia.

6.  Carol L. Hardy, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, and Charles W. Lafon, 2004. The history of fire in the mountains of western Virginia: Ongoing research and implications in wildlife management. Annual Meeting, Virginia Chapter of the Wildlife Society, 18–20 February 2004, Richmond, Virginia.

7.  Georgina DeWeese Wight, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Charles W. Lafon, and Elaine Kennedy Sutherland, 2004. Spatiotemporal analyses of fire regimes in yellow pine stands, Craig Creek Valley, Virginia, USA. Annual Meeting, Association of American Geographers, 14–19 March 2004, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

8.  Charles W. Lafon, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Georgina DeWeese Wight, Serena R. Aldrich, Steven Q. Croy, Elaine Kennedy Sutherland, and Michelle Pfeffer, 2004. Range of variability in fire regimes of Table Mountain pine (Pinus pungens Lamb.) stands in Virginia. George Washington and Jefferson National Forests, Fire Management Officers and Rangers Meeting, 12–14 October 2004, Marion, Virginia.

9.  Charles W. Lafon, Jennifer A. Hoss, and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, 2004. Temporal patterns of wildfire and their relations to climate in the central Appalachian Mountains. Annual Meeting, Southwestern Division of the Association of American Geographers, 11–13 November 2004, Nacogdoches, Texas.

10. Georgina DeWeese Wight, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Serena R. Aldrich, Charles W. Lafon, Steven Q. Croy, and Elaine Kennedy Sutherland, 2004. Fire regimes and successional dynamics of Appalachian yellow pine (Pinus) stands in the Jefferson National Forest, Virginia. Annual Meeting, Southern Appalachian Man and the Biosphere, 16–18 November 2004, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

11. Georgina DeWeese Wight, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Serena R. Aldrich, Charles W. Lafon, Steven Q. Croy, and Elaine Kennedy Sutherland, 2005. Variability of fire regimes and stand structure in yellow pine (Pinus) stands, Jefferson National Forest, Virginia. Annual Meeting, Association of American Geographers, 5–9 April 2005, Denver, Colorado.

12. Serena R. Aldrich, Charles W. Lafon, Georgina DeWeese Wight, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Steven Q. Croy, and Elaine Kennedy Sutherland, 2005. “Our pappies ain’t burnin’ the woods no more”: The changing fire regimes of Table Mountain pine stands on Mill Mountain, Virginia. Annual Meeting, Association of American Geographers, 5–9 April 2005, Denver, Colorado.

13. Michelle Pfeffer, Georgina DeWeese Wight, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, and Charles W. Lafon, 2005. Regression-based age estimates of yellow pine (Pinus) saplings, Jefferson National Forest, Virginia. Annual Meeting, Association of American Geographers, 5–9 April 2005, Denver, Colorado.

14. Charles W. Lafon, Georgina G. DeWeese, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Serena R. Aldrich, Steven Q. Croy, and Elaine Kennedy Sutherland, 2005. Fire history and forest succession in yellow pine stands of the Appalachian Mountains. Southern Appalachian Fire Ecology Symposium, 24–25 May 2005, Coweeta Hydrological Station, Franklin, North Carolina.

15. Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Charles W. Lafon, and Georgina DeWeese Wight, 2005. Fire regimes and successional dynamics of yellow pine (Pinus) stands in the central Appalachian Mountains. Annual Meeting, Joint Fire Science Program, 1–3 November 2005, San Diego, California.

16. Jennifer A. Hoss, Charles W. Lafon, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, and Georgina D. Wight, 2005. Stand dynamics of Peters Mountain, Giles County, Virginia. Annual meeting of the Southwestern Division of the Association of American Geographers, 9–12 November, Fayetteville, Arkansas.

17. Georgina D. Wight, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, and Charles W. Lafon, 2006. Dendrochronology and forest ecology. Rx310 Conference, Introduction to Fire Effects. 30 January-3 February 2006, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

18. Charles W. Lafon, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Georgina DeWeese Wight, Serena R. Aldrich, Jennifer A. Hoss, and Steven Q. Croy, 2006. Fire history and forest succession in the central Appalachian Mountains. Ecological Fire Management Objective Setting Workshop, The Nature Conservancy, 5-6 February 2006, Warm Springs, Virginia.

19. Georgina DeWeese Wight, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Serena R. Aldrich, Charles W. Lafon, Steve Croy, and Elaine Kennedy Sutherland, 2006. Fire regimes, stand dynamics, and climate response in three pine stands of the Jefferson National Forest, central Appalachian Mountains, Virginia. Annual Meeting, Association of American Geographers, 7–11 March 2006, Chicago, Illinois.

20. Serena R. Aldrich, Charles W. Lafon, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, and Georgina D. Wight, 2006. Fire history and stand dynamics of Table Mountain pine forests on Mill Mountain, Virginia. Annual Meeting, Association of American Geographers, 7–11 March 2006, Chicago, Illinois.

21. Jennifer A. Hoss, Charles W. Lafon, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, and Georgina D. Wight, 2006. Rekindling the flame: Reconstructing a fire history for Peters Mountain, Giles County, Virginia. Annual Meeting, Association of American Geographers, 7–11 March 2006, Chicago, Illinois.

22. Charles W. Lafon, Jennifer A. Hoss, and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, 2006. The contemporary fire regime of the central Appalachian Mountains: Fire characteristics, climatic relationships, and spatial variations. Annual Meeting, Association of American Geographers, 7–11 March 2006, Chicago, Illinois.

23. Michelle Pfeffer, Georgina DeWeese Wight, and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, 2006. Saving the forest family: Regression-based age estimates of Table Mountain pine saplings. Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement, 30–31 March 2006, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee.

24. Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Charles W. Lafon, Georgina G. DeWeese, Serena R. Aldrich, Elaine K. Sutherland, and Steven Q. Croy, 2006. Dendroecological reconstructions of fire regimes for the central Appalachian Mountains, USA. Seventh International Conference on Dendrochronology, 11–17 June 2006, Beijing, China.

25. Jennifer A. Hoss, Charles W. Lafon, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, and Georgina G. DeWeese, 2006. Rekindling the flame: Reconstructing a fire history for Peters Mountain, Giles County, Virginia. Southwestern Division of the Association of American Geographers, 26–28 October 2006, Norman, Oklahoma.

26. Charles W. Lafon and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, 2006. The contemporary fire regime of the Central Appalachian Mountains: Spatial and temporal patterns of fire. Third International Fire Ecology and Management Congress, 13–17 November 2006, San Diego, California.

27. Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Charles W. Lafon, Georgina G. DeWeese, Serena R. Aldrich, Elaine K. Sutherland, and Steven Q. Croy, 2006. Reconstructed fire regimes of the Central Appalachian Mountains using a nested-layer network of dendroecological sites. Third International Fire Ecology and Management Congress, 13–17 November 2006, San Diego, California.

28. Charles W. Lafon, Jennifer A. Hoss, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, and Georgina DeWeese, 2007. Fire history and forest stand dynamics of the Narrows Preserve, Peters Mountain, Virginia. Annual Meeting, Association of American Geographers, 17–21 April 2007, San Francisco, California.

29. Charles W. Lafon, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Georgina G. DeWeese, Serena R. Aldrich, Jennifer A. Hoss, Elaine K. Sutherland, and Steven Q. Croy, 2007. Fire history and vegetation change in a network of pine-oak stands in the central Appalachian Mountains. Second Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference, 26–30 March 2007, Destin, Florida.

30. Charles W. Lafon, Jennifer A. Hoss, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, and Georgina G. DeWeese, 2007. Fire history and forest stand dynamics of the Narrows Preserve, Peters Mountain, Virginia. Annual Meeting, Association of American Geographers, 17–21 April 2007, San Francisco, California.

31. Serena R. Aldrich, Jennifer A. Hoss, Charles W. Lafon, Georgina G. DeWeese, and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, 2007. Fire regimes and successional dynamics of Table Mountain pine forests in the central Appalachian Mountains. Annual Meeting, Association of American Geographers, 17–21 April 2007, San Francisco, California.

32. Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Charles W. Lafon, Georgina G. DeWeese, Lisa B. LaForest, and Serena R. Aldrich, 2007. Dendroecological techniques for reconstructing the history of wildfires in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Southern Blue Ridge Fire Learning Network Meeting, 2–4 May 2007, Asheville, North Carolina.

33. Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Charles W. Lafon, Georgina G. DeWeese, Serena R. Aldrich, and Lisa B. LaForest, 2007. Reconstructing fire history in the southern and central Appalachian Mountains. Central Appalachians Regional Fire Learning Network Meeting, 22–24 May 2007, Cumberland Falls State Park, Kentucky.

34. Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Charles W. Lafon, Georgina G. DeWeese, Serena R. Aldrich, and Lisa B. LaForest, 2007. Reconstructing fire history in the southern and central Appalachian Mountains. Workshop on Prescribed Burning, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, 15 October 2007, Central City, Kentucky.

35. Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Charles W. Lafon, Georgina G. DeWeese, Serena R. Aldrich, and Lisa B. LaForest, 2007. Fire history of the central and southern Appalachian Mountains: Prognosis in an era of uncertainty. Lessons from Fire History: Past and Future Workshop, 24–26 October 2007, Columbia, Missouri.

36. Georgina G. DeWeese, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Charles W. Lafon, and Serena R. Aldrich, 2008. Past fire regimes of Table Mountain pine (Pinus pungens Lamb.) stands in the central Appalachian Mountains, Virginia, U.S.A. Annual Meeting, Association of American Geographers, 15–19 April 2008, Boston, Massachusetts.

37. Lisa B. LaForest, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Charles W. Lafon, William Flatley, and Peter M. Brown, 2008. Fire history in old-growth pine-oak forest stands along Gold Mine Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee. Annual Meeting, Association of American Geographers, 15–19 April 2008, Boston, Massachusetts.

38. William Flatley, Charles W. Lafon, and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, 2008. Using 20th century fire perimeter data to examine spatial patterns of fire in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee. Annual Meeting, Association of American Geographers, 15–19 April 2008, Boston, Massachusetts.

39. Philip B. White and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, 2008. Climate response in southern Appalachian oak species: A dendroclimatic study. Annual Meeting, Association of American Geographers, 15–19 April 2008, Boston, Massachusetts.