Post-Fire Runoff Flocculation: Field Guide for Turbid Watersheds
A practical field guide for using flocculation thinking after wildfire runoff events, with emphasis on sediment, ash, polymer selection, and controlled jar testing.
Research archive
Wildfire, climate, and watershed response records
Restored project pages with added context on post-fire runoff, sediment movement, field sampling, and practical water-quality response.
Anionic PAM for Burn Scar Sediment Control: When It Fits and When It Fails
A detailed article on where anionic polyacrylamide can help with post-wildfire mineral sediment, and where site conditions require a different treatment approach.
Jar Testing Wildfire Ash Water: Polymer Screening Steps That Operators Can Trust
A long-form operator guide for jar testing ash-laden runoff and selecting PAM flocculants for post-fire water clarification.
Sludge Dewatering for Ash-Laden Wash Water After Wildfire Cleanup
How cleanup wash water, ash, silt, and organic debris affect sludge dewatering decisions after wildfire response work.
Watershed Recovery Water Treatment Checklist for Burned Catchments
A practical checklist for linking burned watershed recovery observations with temporary water treatment, flocculation, and sediment management decisions.
Contact WildFIRE PIRE
Contact the WildFIRE PIRE project team for inquiries about wildfire research, data access, collaborations, or educational opportunities.
WildFIRE PIRE Project Team
Meet the international team of scientists behind the NSF-funded WildFIRE PIRE project, including principal investigators and collaborators from the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and Argentina.
WildFIRE PIRE Publications
List of peer-reviewed publications from the NSF-funded WildFIRE PIRE project on wildfire history, climate-fire interactions, and paleoecology across four continents.
WildFIRE PIRE Research in Australia
WildFIRE PIRE research in Australia focuses on Tasmania, examining fire-vegetation-soil feedbacks, long-term fire history using tree rings and lake sediments, and future fire scenarios under climate change.
WildFIRE PIRE Research in New Zealand
WildFIRE PIRE research in New Zealand examines long-term fire history, vegetation-fire-soil interactions, and future fire scenarios in temperate rainforests and subalpine zones.
WildFIRE PIRE Research in Patagonia
WildFIRE PIRE research in Patagonia examines long-term fire history, climate-fire-vegetation interactions, and future wildfire scenarios in the Patagonian Andes and steppe ecosystems.
WildFIRE PIRE Research in the Western United States
WildFIRE PIRE research in the Western United States focuses on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and Colorado Rockies to study long-term fire history, climate-fire-human interactions, and future wildfire scenarios.
WildFIRE PIRE Science Plan
The official Science Plan for the NSF-funded WildFIRE PIRE project detailing research objectives, methods, study regions, and expected outcomes for understanding wildfire in the past, present, and future.
WildFIRE PIRE Videos
Watch videos from the NSF-funded WildFIRE PIRE project featuring scientists explaining wildfire history, climate change impacts, and international research across four continents.
WildFIRE PIRE Project
NSF-funded international research project studying the causes and consequences of wildfire in the past, present, and future across the Western United States, Australia, New Zealand, and Patagonia.