WildFIRE PIRE Research - Western United States
WildFIRE PIRE Research in the Western United States The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and the Colorado Rockies enhance the international component of WildFIRE PIRE. These regions extend the gradients of climate and land-use change, span a range of fire regimes, and utilize extensive ongoing research on climate-fire-human linkages. Why the Western U.S.? The western United States provides a critical contrast to the Southern Hemisphere study regions. Fire has been a dominant ecological process here for thousands of years, yet the region has experienced some of the most rapid climate and land-use changes on the planet. By studying this area alongside Australia, New Zealand, and Patagonia, the project gains a truly global perspective on wildfire dynamics. ...