Please post the following information. Thank you. ________________________________ Call For Papers Fire Ecology of the Northeast: Restoring Native & Cultural Ecosystems a Workshop hosted February 20-24, 2014 by Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies & Tall Timbers Research Station & Land Conservancy at Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut
Visit the conference website for oral and poster abstract guidelines, conference fees and registration information: http://www.talltimbers.org/YALEworkshop Purpose: To address the need for prescribed fire in northeast North America for restoring natural and cultural landscapes, produce a document summarizing discussions, and publish a special issue in the Journal of Sustainable Forestry. Topics to be addressed include: * Cultural and historic use of fire * Fire management in upland deciduous forests, savannas, and meadows * Fire ecology of pine barrens, scrub oak, and pitch pine communities * Appropriate fire regimes for novel and unique ecosystems * Social implications of using fire in a changed world (urbanization, invasives, climate change, air policy, and related topics) Deadlines: * For abstracts: October 31, 2013 * For invited manuscripts: February 1, 2014 ________________________________
