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Report Title:

Landscape Scale Restoration Using Fire as a Management Tool: Baseline Monitoring for the Effects of Prescribed Fire on Vegetation, Birds, and Invertebrates

Report Summary:

During 2018-2020, Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program (PNHP) biologists at the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC) conducted baseline surveys for plant communities, birds, and insects – specifically moths and butterflies – across each LSR study site. Baseline vegetation data was collected in randomly placed milacre plots within each of the three sites. Data for bird populations was collected using breeding season point count surveys. Inventories of moth and butterfly species were obtained through nocturnal black light trapping and diurnal insect transect surveys.

Report Type:

Forestry

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PNHP

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Additonal Documents:

Bird_Monitoring_Data_2021.xlsx
Invertebrate_Monitoring_Data_2018-2020.xlsx
Veg_Fire_Monitoring_2018_19.xlsx

Start Year:

2018

End Year:

2021

Final Report Date:

12/31/2021

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Location Information

Institution:

Western Pennsylvania Conservancy

Investigator(s):

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Name:	Marry Ann Furedi
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Email	mfuredi@paconserve.org

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Name:	Betsy Leppo
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Email	pleppo@paconserve.org

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Name:	David Yeany II
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Name:	Jaci Braund
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Email	jbraund@paconserve.org

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Name:	Peter Woods
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Email	pwoods@paconserve.org

Public Citation(s):

Yeany, D., M. Furedi, B. Leppo, J. Braund, and P. Woods. 2021. Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program. Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. Landscape Scale Restoration Using Fire as a Management Tool: Monitoring the Effects of Prescribed Fire on Vegetation, Birds, and Invertebrates. Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, WPC-TA-009.