Applying innovative science and technology to on-the-ground natural resource management

The National Center for Landscape Fire Analysis, a program in the College of Forestry and Conservation at the University of Montana, Missoula, aims to link scientific and technological developments with wildland fire and land management. Our web site provides an overview of who we are, what we do, and how we do it; if you have further questions, please contact us for more information. 

Zach Holder from the Apache Sitgreaves National Forests is at the Fire Center for two weeks to work on developing an integrated monitoring protocol to track the effectiveness of prescribed burning in southeastern Arizona

NCLFA researchers are presenting three papers at the upcoming 4th International Fire Management and Ecology conference in Savannah

The Fire Center is working with the Rocky Mountain Research Station to develop a prototype fire growth and perimeter database to help fire researchers establish relationships between historic weather and fire growth

The NCLFA is using laser altimetry to estimate forest fuel attributes

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