WildFIRE PIRE Project

WildFIRE PIRE is an international research and education partnership funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Partnerships in International Research and Education (PIRE) program.

Led by Montana State University in collaboration with leading universities and research institutions in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and Argentina, the project investigates the causes and consequences of wildfire in the past, present, and future.

Project Goals

• Understand how wildfire has shaped ecosystems on Earth
• Reveal the complex relationships between climate change, human activity, and wildfire
• Provide scientific foundations for future wildfire management, ecological restoration, and disaster prevention

Study Regions

The project focuses on four representative wildfire-prone ecosystems:

• Western United States
• Australia
• New Zealand
• Patagonia

Research Approach

We integrate paleoecological records (sediments, charcoal, tree rings), modern fire ecology monitoring, and future climate modeling for multi-scale analysis across space and time.

Science Plan and Publications

• Full Science Plan
• List of Publications

Related Categories
All Project pages | All Wildfire research | All Research topics

Tags
NSF | PIRE | Fire Ecology | Paleo-fire | Soil Erosion Control

This page is faithfully restored from the 2013–2015 historical archives of wildfirepire.org. For original project videos and field reports, please visit the Videos section.