College of Forestry

The Landscape Fire and Conservation Science Research Group focuses on landscape ecology, fire ecology, biogeography, and conservation science. We work at scales from local to global, addressing the causes and effects of ecological disturbances, with a particular interest in landscape fire. We generally think of ourselves as pyrogeographers (such a great word): studying biotic and abiotic conditions responsible for the spatial distribution of fire, the fire ecology that results within burn mosaics, and the land management and cultural decisions that sets this all in play historically, now, and in future times. We recognize the importance of cultural burning, Indigenous Knowledges, Practices, and Belief Systems, and the impact of colonization on Indigenous peoples and their stewardship of their homelands, and strive to to build respectful, reciprocal, and relevant relationships in the work that we do as scientists, students, and a community.