Impacts of the 1947 Bar Harbor fire and post-fire salvage operations on the vegetation of Acadia National Park, Mount Desert Island, Maine
Barnicle KS. 1984. Impacts of the 1947 Bar Harbor fire and post-fire salvage operations on the vegetation of Acadia National Park, Mount Desert Island, Maine. University of Massachusetts, Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management. Amherst, MA
From the abstract: "More than 8,750 acres of Acadia National Park on Mt. Desert Island, Maine burned during the Bar Harbor Fire of October, 1947. Millions of dollars of damage were caused to both structures and vegetation. Following the fire, the Park, with the help of crews hired by John D. Rockefeller, initiated salvage and cleanup operations to remove timber destroyed by the fire. Effects of the fire varied widely from total destruction of even the largest trees to light surface burning. Pioneer hardwood species have revegetated all but the steepest, rocky slopes during the past 37 years. Conifers are present in the understory of some of the regenerating stands. Spruce, pine and cedar regeneration is dominant on thinner soils and steep slopes."
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Barnicle, Kathryn
- Date of Issue
- 1984-05
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts, Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management
- Units
- ACAD
- Keywords
- FIRE, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Management, Forest, Jack Pine (Pinus banksiana), Logging, Mount Desert Island, Plants, Spruce (Picea), White Pine (Pinus strobus)