Application Projects

In order to refine and test LANDFIRE data in real-world situations, several landscape-scale, multi-partner application projects have been at work on the ground across the United States.  Application projects provide feedback to the LANDFIRE team on the usefulness and accuracy of its products to landscape-level applications, and form a foundation for testing the utility of LANDFIRE data for monitoring ground-based accomplishments at landscape scales through time. The products tested by application projects include reference models and biophysical settings, existing vegetation and historical fire regime maps.

With the first five years of the LANDFIRE Project completed, each of the regional sites is writing a detailed report on its findings. Please check back for information from leaders of the following projects:

• Central Washington Project, Washington
• Upper Deschutes Basin, Oregon
• Wassuk Range, Nevada
• Loess Hills, Iowa
• Muskrat Lakes/Two Hearted River, Michigan
• Bayou Ranger District, Arkansas
• Onslow Bight, North Carolina
• Wekiva-Ocala-Okefenokee areas, Florida and Georgia
• Southwest Grasslands and Savannas, New Mexico
• Denali National Park, Alaska

Over the long-term, application project data will be updated as fuels treatments are implemented, monitored for changes in Fire Regime Condition Class, and used as demonstrations of the utility of LANDFIRE data for diverse, real-world, landscape-level applications.

Look for information on more data applications

THIS SECTION IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. PLEASE CHECK BACK IN EARLY SPRING 2010 FOR  MORE DETAILS. IN THE MEANTIME, join the community at WiserEarth to view the TNC-LANDFIRE home page and navigate to "From the Field: Real World Application Stories" for the most current, downloadable reports. Posted there are reports about Northern Arizona, Oregon, Idaho, Washington, Nevada and Michigan and a look at international connections in China and Mongolia. See also www.landfire.gov.

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This page was last updated 1 March 2010.