Projects
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2017-present
RMC is developing a system of statistical weather-based models for forecasting wildland fire potential & fire risk out to 7-10 days on a uniform national grid. The development of this gridded system of predictive equations has been planned to… moreContact(s): Nedialko Nikolov
2003-2009
Climate Drivers of Fire in the Northern Rockies: Past, Present and Future
Forest fires were widespread throughout the US northern Rocky Mountains during the regional-fire years of 2000, 2003, 2006, and 2007.
However, until recently there was… moreContact(s): Emily Heyerdahl
2016-2017
Radial thinning is designed to reduce mortality and improve vigor of old trees while still maintaining high forest cover at the stand level. Radial thinning removes trees in a “doughnut” around focal trees, leaving areas in between these trees… moreContact(s): Sharon Hood
2021 - present
RMC is working to deliver operational (real-time) 5-km resolution 3-D weather forecast fields going out to 7 days for ConUS using the WRF mesoscale model. RMC is currently producing 4-day fire-weather forecasts at 4-km resolution for ConUS that are… moreContact(s): Nedialko Nikolov
2010
Peatlands occupy vast areas of the globe. Northern peatlands cover roughly 7 million square miles or approximately 16 percent of the world’s land surface. Most are found in Russia (60 percent) and Canada (30 percent), but they also cover roughly 120… moreContact(s): Jim Reardon
2005 - present
A new fuel loading sampling method is developed to quickly and accurately estimate loadings for six surface fuel components using downward-looking and oblique photographs depicting sequences of graduated fuel loadings by fuel component.
Estimates… moreContact(s): Chris Stalling
2009-present
Understanding the Physics of Fire Spread
To better understand how wildland fire spreads under various conditions, the National Fire Decision Support Center, a collaborative effort between U.S. Forest Service, Fire and Aviation Management and… moreContact(s): Mark Finney, Sara McAllister
2016-present
This project is designed to assist forest managers and field crews in accurately assessing post-fire crown injury and recovery in ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa). Due to its fire-resistant properties, ponderosa pine crowns may be scorched without… moreContact(s): Sharon Hood
2015 - 2018
See: A Century of Change in a Ponderosa Pine Forest for more information about the Historical Photopoints in the Lick Creek Drainage.
Lick Creek is the longest running fuel treatment and restoration study of ponderosa pine forests in the northern… moreContact(s): Sharon Hood
2004-2020
Assessing ponderosa pine mortality in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area after successive fires Over 14 Years
Decades of fire exclusion across western US landscapes has resulted in altered fire regimes and atypical fuel conditions. After the… moreContact(s): Sarah Flanary
2005-2008
Delayed Tree Mortality Following Fire in Western Conifers
Accurate prediction of post-fire tree mortality is critical for making sound land management decisions such as developing burning prescriptions and post-fire salvage marking guidelines.… moreContact(s): Sharon Hood
2015-2018
Fires are widespread in prairies globally. Fire often perpetuates grasslands by counteracting tree encroachment, yet there is often little record of this fire preserved in the grasslands. Fortunately adjacent woodlands can contain long-lived tree… moreContact(s): Emily Heyerdahl
2020-2021
Predictive mapping of extreme wildfire disasters presents a daunting challenge to the field of risk and hazard science. Wildfire risk to developed areas is the cumulative product of complex interacting factors including spatiotemporal patterns of… moreContact(s): Alan Ager
2019-present
We are creating tools to inform post-fire decisions that predict post-fire growth rates and mortality levels due to fire alone or fire+beetle for ponderosa pine (PP) and Douglas-fir (DF). The models in the tools will account for tree size, fire… moreContact(s): Sharon Hood
2007-2012
Laboratory and Airborne Experiments to Characterize Emissions from Prescribed Burning in the United States
Prescribed fires are fires that are intentionally ignited to meet specific management objectives such as wildfire hazard reduction or… moreContact(s): Shawn Urbanski
2014-2016
The ecological, economic and health and safety concerns surrounding wildland fires are driving the need to better understand climate-fire interactions. One component of climate-fire interactions is the relationship between weather conditions… moreContact(s): Matt Jolly, Patrick Freeborn
2008-2010
Mitigating old tree mortality in long-unburned, fire-dependent forests
Forest managers around the country have expressed concerns about large-diameter and old tree mortality when prescribed burning in long-unburned forests. The synthesis suggests… moreContact(s): Sharon Hood
2018-Ongoing
The National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy (hereafter: Cohesive Strategy) mandates the restoration and maintenance of landscapes, with the goal that “landscapes across all jurisdictions are resilient to fire-related disturbances in… moreContact(s): Sharon Hood
2014-2015
In the United States, outdoor target shooting has been suspected as the source of numerous wildland fires. The ammunition involved in most incidents is thought to be of ordinary commercial varieties with bullets composed of inert materials including… moreContact(s): Mark Finney
1993-present
Evaluating effects of various prescribed burning and silvicultural techniques used for restoring whitebark pine ecosystems (RWPE)
The loss of whitebark pine is serious for upper subalpine ecosystems because it is considered a keystone species… moreContact(s): Sarah Flanary
2012-present
Obtaining Integrated, Quality-assured Fuels, Fire, and Atmospheric Data for Development and Evaluation of Fuels, Fire Behavior, Smoke, and Fire Effects Models
The lack of co-located, multi-scale measures of pre-fire fuels, active fire processes,… moreContact(s): Daniel Jimenez
2017- present
This research concerns the development and application of spatial scenario planning models to analyze a wide range of forest and restoration management issues on fire frequent landscapes.
Visit the National Scenario Planning Platform page to see… moreContact(s): Alan Ager
2020-present
This project responds to the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP)’s FY 2020 Statement of Need: “DoD WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT RESEARCH FOR IMPROVED MILITARY LAND USE”, for which the overarching objective was “to improve… moreContact(s): Russell Parsons
2008-present
Since 2008, the Fire, Fuel, and Smoke Science Program has worked with the University of Montana, the University of Idaho, and the Rocky Mountain Research Station’s Wildland Fire Management RD&A Program in a University-Forest Service partnership… moreContact(s): Thomas Dzomba
2013-2015
Soil heating and fire effects resulting from in situ oil spill burning.
When petroleum is spilled on land, clean up can be difficult. Sites may be inaccessible to mechanical containment, recovery, and clean up, and the equipment may cause… moreContact(s): Jim Reardon