On-line Proceedings of the 2009 Atlantic White-Cedar Symposium The Ecology and Management of Atlantic White-Cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides) Ecosystems A Symposium held on June 9, 10, and 11, 2009 at the City Hotel and Bistro in Greenville, North Carolina - USA

Pre-European Extent and Fire Ecology of Atlantic White-Cedar in the South.

Keynote Speaker: Cecil Frost, Coordinator, NC Plant Conservation Program

Dr. Cecil Frost is Landscape fire ecologist, former coordinator of the North Carolina Plant Conservation Program. Dr. Frost received his Ph.D. in Plant Ecology from University of North Carolina, and his Master's in biology from East Carolina University. His research interests include making fine-scale maps of pre-European fire regimes and historical vegetation using GIS and field methods and historical and landscape fire ecology­understanding what the original landscapes were like before European settlement, especially the role of fire in creating habitats for native plants and animals.  He retired from NC Plant Conservation 2004 to work full time in fire ecology. Dr. Frost considers it his mission to restore natural fire regimes on public lands and preserves.  To train others in methods of reconstructing presettlement fire regimes. To promote public appreciation of the role of fire, and of the thousands of species that depend upon it for their survival.

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