News release from the International Arctic Research Center/AFSC, with coauthors Norm McDonald - Chief of Fire and Aviation of the Division of Forestry, Bobette Rowe - Fire Operations Lead of the U.S. Forest Service in Alaska, and Kent Slaughter - Manager of the BLM Alaska Fire Service

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or Anchorage Daily News Op-Ed

NOAA's Arctic Report Card wildfire essay is available now. This concise report led by Alison York examines the most recent trends in wildfires at high northern lattitues.

The 10-year follow-up report on the 2007 Anaktuvuk River fire has been recently released as a Technical Report. An interagency team led by the Bureau of Land Management has been studying the vegetation changes and permafrost changes after the fire.

This paper led by Rebecca Scholten and co-authord by Randi Jandt examines overwintering fires in boreal forests of Alaska and Canada

We need iphone beta testers for a new fire prediction mobile application

The mobile app streamlines in-the-field fire behavior calculations and observation sharing