A JFSP Fire Science Exchange Network
Bringing People Together & Sharing Knowledge in the Northern Rockies
Bringing People Together & Sharing Knowledge in the Northern Rockies
Project Team and Advisory Board
The NRFSN Project Team implements activities to disseminate science and cultivate networks of managers and scientists across the Northern Rockies. The Advisory Board advises the Project Team on strategic direction, partnership opportunities, and potential activities; communicates with their respective communities about consortium activities and products; makes suggestions to improve the effectiveness of activities and products; and provides feedback on program effectiveness.
Planning Team
 | Vita Wright, Principal Investigator |
 | Megan Keville, Co-Coordinator University of Montana - W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation megan.keville@umontana.edu | 406 781-2216 |
 | Linda Mutch, Co-Coordinator National Park Service - Sierra Nevada Network linda_mutch@nps.gov | 559 565-3174 |
 | Pam Sikkink, Fire and Fuels Science Information Specialist USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station - Human Dimensions Program pamelagsikkink@fs.fed.us | 406 829-7343 |
 | Mitch Burgard, Co-I USFS Wildland Fire Management Research Development and Application |
 | Thomas Dzomba, Co-I USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station - Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory |
 | Rick Everett, Co-I Salish Kootenai College - Natural Resources Department |
 | Kristen Sanders, Co-I |
 | Dave McWethy, Co-I Montana State University - Dept. of Earth Sciences and Montana Institute on Ecosystems |
 | Penny Morgan, Co-I University of Idaho - College of Natural Resources |
 | Andrew Larson, Co-I University of Montana - W.A. College of Forestry & Conservation |
Advisory Board
- Diane Abendroth, Fire Ecologist, Grand Teton National Park
- Chris Barth, Fire Mitigation Specialist, BLM Montana State Office
- Randy Brooks, Extension Forestry Specialist, University of Idaho Extension
- Rick Connell, Fire Management Officer, Flathead National Forest
- Chuck Mark, Forest Supervisor, Salmon-Challis National Forest
- Tom Olliff, NPS IMR Chief, Landscape Conservation and Climate Change & Co-coordinator, Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative
- Tim Sexton, Program Manager, Wildland Fire Management RD&A
- Mike DeGrosky, MT DNRC Chief, Fire & Aviation Mgmt
- Kim Kelly, BIA Zone Fire Ecologist, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, and Alaska regions
