Fire-climate linkages in western North America and southern South America

collaborators:  Pat Bartlein, University of Oregon; Vera Markgraf, University of Colorado; Maria Martha Bianchi and Gustavo Villarosa, CONICET-CRUB, Bariloche, Argentina; Patricio Moreno, Universidad de Chile

        National Science Foundation (Earth Systems History): Holocene fire-climate-vegetation linkages in the western mid-latitude         forests of North and South America (co-PI: P. Bartlein).


Maori Use of Fire in New Zealand

collaborators: Matt McGlone and Janet Wilmshurst, LandCare Research, Lincoln

        National Science Foundation (Geography and Regional Sciences): Maori transformation of the New Zealand landscape         through the use of fire: a case study from south-central South Island. 

        Marsden Fund Fellowship, New Zealand: The paradox of Maori settlement and widespread forest clearance (PI: Matt         McGlone, LandCare Research). 


Fire history in Rocky Mountain National Park
        
        NPER Research Fellowship: Spatial and temporal evolution of subalpine forest-fire regimes during the late Holocene, Rocky         Mountain National Park, Colorado.  Lead Investigator:  Dr. Phil Higuera



Fire, insects, and climate change in the Sawtooth Range, central Idaho

collaborators:  Jesse Logan and Robin Garwood, USDA Forest Service, and Jennifer Pierce, Boise State University

        USDA Forest Service (Sawtooth National Forest):  Investigation of insect remains in lake-sediments fro developing a record         of past insect .  Grad student: Josh Gage

        DOE Inland Water Research Alliance:  Long-term ecohydrologic variability in the Sawtooth region of central Idaho
        

Yellowstone's environmental history

collaborators: Sheri Fritz, University of Nebraska; Walter Dean, Joe Rosenbaum, and Ken Pierce, U.S. Geological Survey; Mitch Power, University of Edinburgh; Bob Crabtree, Yellowstone Ecological Research Center, Bozeman; Hank Heasler, National Park Service

        Yellowstone National Park:  Research investigation of Crevice Lake and Blacktail Pond.  Investigator:  Mariana Huerta

        National Park Service Cooperative Agreement:  Mammoth Crystal Springs sediment core collection and analysis, Sylvan         Pass, Yellowstone National Park.  Grad student: Stephanie Mumma

        NASA Internship Program: Beyond Hayden: Exploration, Inspiration, and Education in  Yellowstone (collaborator on grant         awarded to Yellowstone Ecological Research Center, Bozeman MT).   Undergrad students:  Jason Yale, Matt Whaley,         Brittani Thompson

Klamath/Siskiyou forest, fire, and climate history

collaborators: Carl Skinner, USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Station

        USDA Forest Service (Pacific Southwest Lab): Sensitivity of Klamath Forests to long-term changes in climate and         disturbance regime.  Grad student:  Christy Briles, University of Oregon


Prehistory of Grand Teton National Park and region

collaborators:  Kelly MacDonald, Grand Teton National Park, and Ken Pierce and Rick Sojda, U.S. Geological Survey

        National Park Service Cooperative Agreement:  Fire and vegetation history of Jackson Hole, Wyoming.  Grad student:  Karen         Jacobs

        US Geological Survey: Analysis of Red Rock Lake sediment core.  Grad student: Stephanie Mumma


Humans, fire, and climate in western Oregon

collaborators:  Jane Kertis and Emily Heyerdahl, USDA Forest Service

        Joint Fire Sciences Program: Historical fire regimes of the Willamette Valley, Oregon: providing a long-term regional context         for fire and fuels management .  Grad student:  Megan Walsh, University of Oregon