Fire
Learn about prescribed fire, fire prevention, wildland fire, fire science, and more with a variety of Natural Inquirer resources. Browse resources by topic, grade band, and resource type.
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FireWeather & ClimateScott Goodrick, Meteorologist
- University of Alabama, Huntsville
- USDA Forest Service Scientist
- A meteorologist studies weather and climate. Weather is what is happening today or tomorrow. For example, is it raining or is it hot or cold? Climate is how weather changes over time. For example, this winter was colder or warmer than normal.
- University of Alabama, Huntsville
- USDA Forest Service Scientist
- A meteorologist studies weather and climate. Weather is what is happening today or tomorrow. For example, is it raining or is it hot or cold? Climate is how weather changes over time. For example, this winter was colder or warmer than normal.
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FireWeather & ClimateShyh-Chin Chen, Meteorologist
- Ph.D., University of Illinois
- USDA Forest Service Scientist
- As a meteorologist, my research involves the predictability and fire science applications of weather and climate.
- Ph.D., University of Illinois
- USDA Forest Service Scientist
- As a meteorologist, my research involves the predictability and fire science applications of weather and climate.
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FireForests & PlantsDavid Weise, Forester
- Ph.D., University of California – Berkeley
- USDA Forest Service Scientist
- A forester studies how forests and woodlands grow, function, and are managed to provide things that people want and need from forests. Specifically, I study prescribed fire and how it can be used as a tool to manage our forests and wildlands.
- Ph.D., University of California – Berkeley
- USDA Forest Service Scientist
- A forester studies how forests and woodlands grow, function, and are managed to provide things that people want and need from forests. Specifically, I study prescribed fire and how it can be used as a tool to manage our forests and wildlands.
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FireForests & PlantsLouise Loudermilk, Fire Ecologist
- Ph.D., University of Florida
- USDA Forest Service Scientist
- A fire ecologist explores the interactions between wildland fire and plant communities. I study how fires burn and how forests grow and reassemble after fire.
- Ph.D., University of Florida
- USDA Forest Service Scientist
- A fire ecologist explores the interactions between wildland fire and plant communities. I study how fires burn and how forests grow and reassemble after fire.
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FireForests & PlantsW. Matt Jolly, Research Fire Ecologist
- Ph.D., University of Montana
- USDA Forest Service Scientist
- As a research fire ecologist, I study how vegetation, weather, and terrain interact to influence wildland fires.
- Ph.D., University of Montana
- USDA Forest Service Scientist
- As a research fire ecologist, I study how vegetation, weather, and terrain interact to influence wildland fires.
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FireForests & PlantsMorris C. Johnson, Research Fire Ecologist
- Ph.D., University of Washington
- USDA Forest Service Scientist
- Ecology is the study of interactions between organisms and their environment. A fire ecologist studies fire as a disturbance process in the environment.
- Ph.D., University of Washington
- USDA Forest Service Scientist
- Ecology is the study of interactions between organisms and their environment. A fire ecologist studies fire as a disturbance process in the environment.
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FireForests & PlantsPepe Iniguez, Landscape Fire Ecologist
- Ph.D., University of Arizona
- USDA Forest Service Scientist
- A landcape fire ecologist studies: How past and present forest fires spread across areas, how the fire impacts the forest (which trees are killed and which trees survive), what trees begin to grow after the first and; how surviving trees and the new vegetation influence how future fires spread.
- Ph.D., University of Arizona
- USDA Forest Service Scientist
- A landcape fire ecologist studies: How past and present forest fires spread across areas, how the fire impacts the forest (which trees are killed and which trees survive), what trees begin to grow after the first and; how surviving trees and the new vegetation influence how future fires spread.
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FireForests & PlantsSharon Hood, Fire Ecologist
- Ph.D., University of Montana
- USDA Forest Service Scientist
- Fire ecologists study how wildfire changes ecosystems. As a fire ecologist, I study the impacts of removing fire from, or changing how fires burn in, forests which originally had fire.
- Ph.D., University of Montana
- USDA Forest Service Scientist
- Fire ecologists study how wildfire changes ecosystems. As a fire ecologist, I study the impacts of removing fire from, or changing how fires burn in, forests which originally had fire.
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FireLaura Hasburgh, Fire Protection Engineer
- Ph.D. (candidate), University of Wisconsin-Madison
- USDA Forest Service Scientist
- Fire protection engineers apply science and engineering principles to protect people, property, and their environments from the harmful and destructive effects of fire and smoke. Specifically, I research the fire performance of wood and wood-based building materials to ensure that a building can be safely designed.
- Ph.D. (candidate), University of Wisconsin-Madison
- USDA Forest Service Scientist
- Fire protection engineers apply science and engineering principles to protect people, property, and their environments from the harmful and destructive effects of fire and smoke. Specifically, I research the fire performance of wood and wood-based building materials to ensure that a building can be safely designed.
