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In this short but powerful paper authors Mann, Rupp, Olson and Duffy look for evidence that Alaska’s forests are already responding to changes in fire regime. They use a tool that was developed in lock-step with Alaska fire management agencies called Boreal ALFRESCO. (Click HERE to view a presentation by Scott Rupp on ALFRESCO) Using this vegetation-fire model along withstand age and fire map databases, they look forward and backward in time to gain perspective on the short window of forest and forest fire observations in interior Alaska.