Name: Crystal Stonesifer
Title: Remote Sensing Image Analyst
Phone: 406-243-6211
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Crystal Stonesifer is Remote Sensing Image Analyst at the National Center for Landscape Fire Analysis, College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana.
After completing the requirements for a M.S. in Resource Conservation from the University of Montana's College of Forestry and Conservation in early 2007, Crystal was hired by the NCLFA to provide general programmatic support to the center. She is currently Remote Sensing Image Analyst and Logistical Coordinator for the Fire Intelligence Module (FIM). This position involves a significant amount of organization and planning in order to facilitate successful deployment of the FIM at multiple locations over a single field season. Proficiency in FIM technologies is required, including knowledge of the broadband radio equipment, electrical systems, and miscellaneous node components.
Although her background is in water and not fire, Crystal has immersed herself in the fire community, taking courses in incident command and fire behavior, participating in FIM deployments on fire incidents, and recently taking a single resource assignment as the Logistics Chief on a Type III incident.
Crystal's research interests include the application of distributed hydrologic models to forested landscapes, and the use of these models to support resource management decisions. She is also interested in the utilization of wireless technologies to support data acquisition, data transfer, and resource monitoring in remote and/or isolated locations.
