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Abstract
Prescribed fire is a commonly used land management tool in the southeastern United States. Despite its use, there are several issues that are making land management difficult for private forest landowners. We focus on three of the issues. The first is the increased planting of longleaf pine when prescribed fire is withheld from these plantations for too long, allowing stands to fill in with other species. A second major issue is landowners with upland hardwood stands dominated by oaks. They want oaks but refuse to use fire that would aid in oak regeneration. The third issue is the use of fire in the dormant season in pine stands, allowing for the development of a heavy woody component. Private landowners need help to change these practices. How do we in the science world get information to landowners to help change their perspective?
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Citation
Maggard, Adam O.; Randle, Franklin P.; Kush, John S.; Barlow, Rebecca J.; Armstrong, James A.; Hermann, Sharon M. 2020. Why do we continually do the things we do? Help wanted in changing a mindset about prescribed fire in the South. In: Hood, Sharon M.; Drury, Stacy; Steelman, Toddi; Steffens, Ron, [eds.]. Proceedings of the Fire Continuum-Preparing for the future of wildland fire; 2018 May 21-24; Missoula, MT. Proceedings RMRS-P-78. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 131-138.
