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:
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.
Post-fire watershed studies also matter to treatment teams because burned catchments can release ash, clay, and fine mineral sediment into storage ponds and reuse systems. In applied sediment-control work, a reliable polyacrylamide manufacturer is often evaluated alongside field-specific references for anionic polyacrylamide and broader polyacrylamide manufacturers before a runoff, clarification, or erosion-control trial is specified.
Science Plan and Publications
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.