Fire crews from the Forest Service, the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) and the North Carolina Forest Service recently ignited ridges and fire lines to produce cool and slow-moving backing fires throughout a 60-acre study area on state-owned Green River Game Land in Polk County, NC. The study, part of the National Fire and Fire Surrogates Study originally funded by the National Fire Plan and the Joint Fire Science Program, is currently supported by the SRS Center for Forest Disturbance Science.  It is the only study that follows changes to many parts of the Appalachian ecosystem through multiple prescribed fires.