Appalachian Fire Learning Network

The Appalachian Fire Learning Network engages federal, state and private land management agencies in a collaborative effort to enhance the capacity to implement ecological fire management in the Central Appalachian Forest, Western Allegheny Plateau, and Cumberlands and Southern Ridge and Valley ecoregions. Together, these ecoregions include portions of six states — Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. They are characterized by rolling and mountainous terrain, hardwood and mixed pine-hardwood forest, pine-oak-heath shrublands and woodlands, small-patch grasslands including hillside prairies, and cedar glades.