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. 

The Fire Center will display some of its research and applications at the University of Montana Technology Day, Sept. 10 from 10 am - 5 pm in the UC Ballroom on the UM campus

GIS Program Manager Lee Macholz recently presented on the status of a framework dataset of Geographic Names for Montana at the quarterly meeting of the Montana Land Information Advisory Council

The Fire Center recently installed a wireless network and camera at Morrell Lookout, on the Lolo National Forest, for fire monitoring

The NCLFA is using laser altimetry to estimate forest fuel attributes

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