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Pacific Northwest Research Station
333 SW First Avenue
Portland, OR 97204

(503) 808-2592

Fire and Environmental Research Applications (FERA) Team

David L. Peterson, Team Leader
400 N 34th St., Suite 201
Seattle, WA 98103
Phone: (541) 750-7265

Mission: FERA develops applications in fire science that respond to national priorities in natural resource management, decision-making, and policy.

For more information about the team, visit Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team Page

ABOUT US

RESEARCH AREAS

Fire researchers measure fuel consumption after a prescribed fire.

[Photograph]: Researchers as the smoke is clearing after a prescribed burn.

Researchers as the smoke is clearing after a prescribed burn.

Fire and Environmental Research Applications team is an interdisciplinary team comprised of scientists and professionals with diverse skills and expertise. These skills are directed in these primary emphasis areas:

- Provide decision support for fuel and fire hazard management.

- Provide decision support for managing smoke from fires.

- Understand the role of the atmosphere in ecosystem disturbance processes.

- Provide globally applicable mechanistic models of fire effects.

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Last Modified: Friday, 01 May 2009 at 21:02:49 EDT