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Featured Scientist
Research Forester, Sarah McCaffrey is studying the social dynamics of fire management.
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Featured Research
In northern Minnesota, NRS researchers and collaborators are studying the impacts of fire severity on ecosystem characteristics and function at the site of the 2011 Pagami Creek Fire.
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Featured Product
NRS scientists and university collaborators have developed a new model that estimates fire frequency in the Continental U.S.
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Featured Partnerships
The Silas Little Experimental Forest in New Jersey is at the center of a scientific partnership to develop better tools for predicting fire danger and risk and impacts of fire on air quality and ecosystem function.
June 2013 - Fire Research
Many natural ecosystems across the nation are dependent on fire to remain viable, but today most fires, by necessity, are quickly suppressed. Over the years this has led to fuel buildups and more severe fires. Increasing numbers of housing developments in the wildland urban interface have complicated matters even further. Scientists at the Northern Research Station are attacking some thorny questions related to how we can live with fire for the benefit of ecosystems and society.
This month, we feature a scientist, research, a science product, and a partnership that are all related to fire.