Northern Rockies Fire Restrictions Web Application The NCLFA designed a database and public web application to manage and display fire restriction information for the Northern Rockies region
Prescribed Fire PracticumA wintersession course to provide UM students with technical training, practical applications, and theoretical foundations in ecological burning in the southeastern U.S.
Scenario Planning for Managing Fuels and Wildland Fire in an Era of Climate ChangeThe NCLFA coordinated a stakeholder workshop to introduce the concept of scenario planning for fuels, wildland fire and other resources, to national park managers.
Black-Backed Woodpeckers and Fire Severity: Post Fire Landscape UtilizationExamining how black-backed woodpeckers use burned areas
Fire Severity on the Rocky Mountain Ranger District, Biggs Flat FireA comparison of images to see the patterns of fire severity in re-burn areas.
Fire Severity on the Rocky Mountain Ranger District, South Fork of the Sun River Prescribed Fire, MontanaAn assessment of pre-fire conditions before a prescribed burn in the Lewis and Clark National Forest
Fire Severity on the Valley Complex, 2000Examines the performance of the DNBR logic on the Valley Complex fire of 2000 in the Bitterroot Valley, Montana.
Modeling the Cumulative Effects of Forest Fire on Watershed Hydrology: A Post-Fire Application of DHSVMNCLFA assessed the applicability of the DHSVM model as a cumulative effects assessment tool in the post-fire landscape of a forested watershed in western Montana.
Patch Characteristics of Post-Fire Landscapes in the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem, Montana, USAThis project focused on quantifying fire severity patches and patterns, and investigated the similarities and differences between post-fire landscapes.
Patterns of Fire Severity and Ungulate Use on the Rocky Mountain Front, MontanaExamining large ungulate use of post-fire landscapes
Post-Fire Watershed Response: Snow-Talon Fire, MontanaThis research examines which areas in a post-fire watershed should be prioritized for after-fire response.
Rapid Response Geodatabase DemonstrationA demonstration geodatabase that combines research results from several Rapid Response projects.
Analysis of Ecological Condition as a Result of Alternative Fuel Treatment StrategiesThis research applied the condition class concept to a spatially explicit simulation model to account for the spatial and temporal variability, and the spatial dependence, of natural processes and treatments.
Changes in Fire Season Precipitation in Idaho and Montana from 1982 - 2006An analysis of precipitation trends, season-slowing events, and length of fire season in the Northern Rockies
Comparing MODIS and AVHRR Vegetation Indices across MontanaExplores relationships between MODIS NDVI and AVHRR NDVI across several biophysical settings in Montana (as determined by land cover and climate zone stratification)
Surface Moisture IndexIncorporating long term Ts/NDVI relationships on a per pixel basis to enhance performance of the algorithm
Yellowstone National Park Thermal ImagingAn assessment of sub-basin spatial variations in geothermal flux and basin-wide flux comparisons in Yellowstone National Park's Norris Geyser Basin
209 Database Management SystemNCLFA developed a database management system for acquiring, editing, retrieving and storing 209 forms at the Northern Rockies Coordination Center.
Deploying a Remote Data and Communications Network in Denali National Park and PreserveThe NCLFA installed data and communications systems in Denali National Park.
Glacier National Park Fire AtlasThe NCLFA worked with Glacier National Park to develop a geodatabase to manage the Park's fire history data.
Influences to the success of fire science delivery in the USFS, NPS, and BLMThis research explores and recommends methods to improve the effectiveness of fire science delivery to different audiences within the USFS, BLM and NPS.
Institutional factors affecting the use of decision support tools and ecological data in fuels management at the project planning level in the US Forest ServiceThis project is part of a larger study on institutional factors affecting the production and use of ecological information in fuels management within the U.S. Forest Service
Integrating GIS into WFSANCLFA helped a Montana ranger district incorporate GIS capabilities into their WFSA documentation, giving fire managers spatial data to make decisions, and facilitating the production of maps for an incident.
Investigation of Geospatial Support of Incident ManagementIndentified economic and efficient uses of geospatial technologies among the business areas within the incident management community during active fire assignments.
Montana / Idaho Airshed Management SystemThe Montana/Idaho Airshed Management System helps the MT/ID Airshed Group to report and track prescribed fire activity across both Montana and Idaho.
Smokejumper Master Action DatabaseA web-based database resource system, developed by the NCLFA, used to track all smokejumper activity.
Wireless Weather Sensor Networks for Fire ManagementThe NCLFA has built and tested self-configuring weather sensor networks to gather weather data during wildland fires.
An Analysis of the MODIS Fire and Thermal Anomalies Based on the MT-ID Airshed Management SystemAssessing the sensitivity of MOD14 fire detections using the Montana/Idaho Airshed Management System
Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex GISThe NCLFA created geographic data and maps systems for the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex.
Deriving Forest Canopy Characteristics from MultiI-Angle Imaging Spectroradiometer (MISR) Data for a Lodgepole Pine Forest of Central Montana, USAExplored the ability of MISR data to map canopy structure and fuel characteristics of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) forests at the Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest, Montana
Estimating Forest Fuels Attributes Using Laser Altimetry DataThe NCLFA is using laser altimetry to estimate forest fuel attributes
Exploratory Thermal Image Analysis: Cooney Ridge FireThe NCLFA is analyzing thermal imagery from the Cooney Ridge Fire of August and September, 2003, to understand how thermal information from various image types can be used by scientists and land managers.
FIMT Beta Test / GIST Course DevelopmentThe NCLFA helped to evaluate a beta version of a fire mapping software toolkit.
Fire Growth and Perimeter DatabaseThe proposed database will help fire researchers establish relationships between historic weather and fire growth, which will help them to make predictions about fire potential as the climate changes.
GNIS Component of the Montana Wildland Fire Base Map ProjectThe NCLFA analyzed inconsistencies in the Montana GNIS datasets and proposed a data structure to correct those inconsistencies.
Individual Tree Species Identification Using Laser Altimetry Intensity in Mixed Conifer Forests of Western MontanaUsing laser intensity data to identify species of individual trees in mixed conifer forests.
Montana Wildland Fire Base MapThe Montana Wildland Fire Base Map project allows the GIS Specialist to generate a base map in minutes, freeing them to focus on the creation, display, and analysis of incident data.
Spatial Search Architecture for the Fire Effects Information SystemAdding spatially explicit components to the Fire Effects Information System
Using Laser Altimetry for Individual Stem LocationUsing lidar data to detect individual trees
