Science Synthesis Papers & Other Recent Scientific Reports

Operating under a formal agreement with the National Park Service, a network of Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESUs) provides research, technical assistance, and education to resource and environmental managers. The North Atlantic Coast CESU published in 2005 a series of Science Synthesis Papers to support the preparation of a new General Management Plan for Fire Island National Seashore.

• The Coastal Geomorphology of Fire Island: A Portrait of Continuity and Change
  (Fire Island National Seashore Science Synthesis Paper)
  Technical Report NPS/NER/NRTR—2005/021
  by Norbert P. Psuty, Michele Grace, and Jeffrey P. Pace, Rutgers University
  September 2005
  
• Bay Shoreline Physical Processes, Fire Island
  (Fire Island National Seashore Science Synthesis Paper)
  Technical Report NPS/NER/NRTR—2005/020
  by Karl F. Nordstrom, Rutgers University
  Nancy L. Jackson, New Jersey Institute of Technology
  September 2005
  
• Water Quality and Ecology of Great South Bay
  (Fire Island National Seashore Science Synthesis Paper)
  Technical Report NPS/NER/NRTR—2005/019
  by Kenneth R. Hinga, University of Rhode Island
  September 2005
  
• Conservation and Management of the Living Marine Resources of Fire Island National Seashore
  (Fire Island National Seashore Science Synthesis Paper)
  Technical Report NPS/NER/NRTR—2005/023
  by David O. Conover, Robert Cerrato, and William Wise, Stony Brook University
  December 2005
  
• Vector-borne Diseases on Fire Island, New York
  (Fire Island National Seashore Science Synthesis Paper)
  Technical Report NPS/NER/NRTR—2005/018
  by Howard S. Ginsberg, University of Rhode Island
  September 2005
  
• White-tailed Deer Ecology and Management on Fire Island
  (Fire Island National Seashore Science Synthesis Paper)
  Technical Report NPS/NER/NRTR—2005/022
  by H. Brian Underwood
  USGS-Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
  September 2005

 

Additional Natural Resources Reports and Technical Reports are also produced by or for the National Park Service.

• Assessment of Natural Resource Conditions: Fire Island National Seashore
  Natural Resource Report NPS/NRPC/NRR-2009/139
  by Anne McElroy, Mark Benotti, Gregory Edinger, Aissa Feldmann, Christine O'Connell, Gillian Stewart, R. Lawrence Swanson, and John Waldman
  August 2009

• Human Interaction with the Coastal Geomorphology of Fire Island
  Technical Report NPS/NER/NRTR-2008/132
  Summary
  by Norbert P. Psuty and Tanya M. Silveira
  September 2008

• Land Regulation at Fire Island National Seashore, History and Analysis, 1964 - 2004
  by Ned Kaufman and Charles Stark
  September 2008

• Anthropogenic influences on the dune/beach morphology of a moderately developed barrier island: Fire Island, New York
  Technical Report NPS/NER/NRTR-2008/131
  Executive Summary
  by Meredith G. Kratzmann and Cheryl J. Hapke
  October 2008

• A Review of Sediment Budget Estimations at Fire Island National Seashore
  Technical Report NPS/NER/NRTR-2008/114
  Executive Summary
  by Erika E. Lentz, Cheryl J. Hapke, and William C. Schwab
  March 2008
  
• The Role of Disturbance in the Long-Term Viability of a Coastal Maritime Forest Fragment
  Technical Report NPS/NER/NRTR 2008 104
  by Jodi A. Forrester, Donald J. Leopold and H. Brian Underwood
  January 2008
  

• Deer, People and Parks: Perspectives of Residents in Communities Near Fire Island National Seashore
  HDRU Series Publication 07-8
  Study Background and Purpose
  by William F. Siemer, Kirsten M. Leong, Daniel J. Decker, and Karlene K. Smith
  December 2007

• Identifying Capacity for Local Community Participation in Wildlife Management Planning; Case 1: White-tailed Deer Issues at Fire Island National Seashore
  HDRU Series Publication 07-1
  by Kirsten M. Leong and Daniel J. Decker, Human Dimensions Research Unit, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University,
  February 2007

• Evaluation of Marsh Development Processes at Fire Island National Seashore: Recent and Historic Perspectives
  Technical Report NPS/NER/NRTR-2007/089
  Abstract
  by C. T. Roman, J.W. King, D. R. Cahoon, J.C. Lynch, and P.G. Appleby
  July 2007

• Recommendations for a Barrier Island Breach Management Plan for Fire Island National Seashore, including the Otis Pike High Dune Wilderness Area, Long Island, New York
  Technical Report NPS/NER/NRTR-2007/075
  Abstract
  by S. J. Williams and M. K. Foley
  National Park Service
  February 2007

• Ethnographic Overview and Assessment, Fire Island National Seashore
  by Setha M. Low and Dana H. Taplin
  July 2006

• Historical and Recent Shoreline Changes, Impacts of Moriches Inlet, and Relevance to Island Breaching at Fire Island National Seashore, NY
  Introduction
  by James R. Allen, Charles L. LaBash and Peter V. August, and Norbert P. Psuty
  April 2002

 

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Other recent publications provide valuable background information to help you better understand the resources and natural processes of Fire Island National Seashore.

• Long Island's Dynamic South Shore: A Primer on the Forces and Trends Shaping Our Coast
  New York Sea Grant: J. Tanski
  November 2007

Additional comprehensive research and studies have been conducted by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers to identify, evaluate and recommend long-term solutions for hurricane and storm damage reduction for homes and businesses within the floodplain extending along 83-miles of ocean and bay shorelines from Fire Island Inlet to Montauk Point. This study area includes the shoreline of Fire Island National Seashore.

• Fire Island Inlet to Montauk Point Reformulation Study
  http://www.nan.usace.army.mil/fimp/
• Vision Statement
• Reports