Projects
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1994-present
NFDRS applications involve two steps: a historical analysis to set appropriate fire danger breakpoints and an operational system to provide NFDRS fuel moistures and indices in real-time.
Historical analyses are performed by combining fire weather… moreContact(s): Matt Jolly
2017-present
A wildfire risk assessment for the conterminous United States
Working with the Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management program, the Fire Modeling Institute (FMI) has been working toward completing a wildfire risk assessment for all National… moreContact(s): Greg Dillon
2010-Present
In the spring of 2010, the Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory replaced over 3,500 square feet of lawn with native prairie. Implementation was possible through a Sustainable Operations Microgrant from the Rocky Mountain Research Station and the hard… moreContact(s): Faith Ann Heinsch
2014-2017
Wildland fires emit significant amounts of greenhouse gases, particulate matter, and ozone precursors which have significant negative effects on public health at multiple scales. In order to mitigate these impacts, state agencies require daily air… moreContact(s): Shawn Urbanski
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): Ned 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):
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
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 in the western United States. The study… 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):
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, Michelle Day
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
2020
Trees have numerous defenses to ward off attacks from insects and pathogens. One major defense is resin, which acts as both a physical and chemical defense. In pine species, resin is produced and stored in specialized structures called resin ducts… moreContact(s): Sharon Hood
2017-2024
The RMRS Rocky Mountain Center (RMC) developed a comprehensive georeferenced model for predicting wildfire starts out to 7 days based on forecast weather and data on vegetation cover and recent drought history.
The fire-management community had a… moreContact(s): Ned Nikolov
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. This project developed a… moreContact(s): Sharon Hood
2018-present
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