Research Updates

Year One

University of Montana's Fire Science Team conducted successful prescribed burns at two different University properties. Data was collected using a new experimental design to field test fire modeling results that indicate fire-atmospheric interactions occur on firelines with specific geometric properties. 

Year Two

UM’s fire management team’s research progressed with three major field experiments and one completed journal publication. A second manuscript has been submitted for review and a third is in development. The use of UAS was incorporated for data collection and machine learning researchers developed a scheme for classification of the probable burn severity for landscapes.

Prescribed Burns at Bandy Ranch and Lubrecht

This material is based upon work supported in part by the National Science Foundation EPSCoR Cooperative Agreement OIA-2119689. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.