National Capital Region Network Resource Brief: Fire and the Future of the Forests at Prince William Forest Park
Nortrup M, Schmit J, Tait N, Matthews E. 2023. National Capital Region Network Resource Brief: Fire and the Future of the Forests at Prince William Forest Park. National Park Service
Fire, and the suppression of fire, has altered the composition of the forest at Prince William Forest Park. Ecologists with the Inventory and Monitoring Program analyzed forest monitoring data from 2006 to 2017 to quantify these changes and to provide a glimpse into the potential future of Prince William's forest.
- Type
- Resource Brief
- Authors
- Nortrup, Megan; Schmit, John Paul; Tait, Nicholas; Matthews, Elizabeth
- Date of Issue
- 2023-06
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- NCR , NCRN , PRWI
- Keywords
- Forest Brief, forest fire, forest monitoring, I&M, NCRN I&M, prescribed burn, prescribed fire, Prince William Forest Park, regeneration, saplings, seedlings, trees, wildfire