The NRFSN develops science reviews, briefs, and summaries to summarize the best available science and current research, identify knowledge gaps, and document learning that was part of past fire science events.
Science Reviews - Science reviews summarize and review the state-of-knowledge on current topics of importance for fire and fuels management in the Northern Rockies.
Research Briefs - Topic-focused reviews of current fire science research in the Northern Rockies.
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Fire ecology and management of spotted knapweed, diffuse knapweed, and yellow starthistle (2022) - Robin Innes
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Effects of seed source pattern on post-fire tree recovery (2021) - Jamie L. Peeler
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Whitebark pine growth and defense in response to mountain pine beetle outbreaks (2021) - Nickolas E. Kichas
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Lick Creek: Lessons learned after 20+ years of fuel treatments in ponderosa pine (2021) - Sharon Hood, Christopher Keyes, Duncan Lutes, and Anna Sala
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What makes a resilient landscape? Climate, fire and forests in the Northern Rockies (2021) - Monica G. Turner
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Climatic controls on post-fire ponderosa pine and Douglas-fire regeneration and growth (2020) - Kimberley T. Davis and Lacey E. Hankin
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Wildland firefighter smoke exposure and risk of lung and cardiovascular disease (2020) - Kathleen M. Navarro and Linda Mutch
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Mountain big sagebrush - Fire regimes (2019) - Robin Innes
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Community conversations: applying traditional knowledge to fire management and research (2019) - Hannah Lopez, Frank Lake, Vita Wright (Joint research brief with California Fire Science Consortium)
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Wildland fire radio communication - Common myths and best practices (2018) - Anne E. Black, R. Fox, E. Gabor, D. Thomas, J. Ziegler
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Fire behavior and ecological effects of burning masticated forest fuels (2018) - Penny Morgan, Alistair Smith, Aaron Sparks, Camille Steven-Rumann, Zachary Lyon, Robert Keefe, Pamela Sikkink
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Mountain big sagebrush - Fire ecology and management (2017) - Robin Innes
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Aging masticated fuels - How do they change over time? (2017) - Pam Sikkink
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Effectiveness and longevity of wildland fire as a fuel treatment (2016) - Sean Parks and Corey Gucker
Webpage Reviews - Topic-focused reviews of current Northern Rockies fire issues with links to a variety of additional supporting resources.
Field Trip Summaries - Field trips and tours hosted or co-hosted by the NRFSN are documented here.
Workshop Summaries - Workshops hosted or co-hosted by the NRFSN are documented here.
Annotated Bibliographies - The NRFSN has the following annotated bibliographies in process.
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Communicating with the public about fire - Katie Lyon, Daniel Berkman, Anne Black, Vita Wright
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Characterizing canopy fuels - Megan Keville, Jim Riddering