Latest NewsThe Nature Conservancy's (a LF major partner) Conservation Gateway provides links to learn more about how LF is being used:
 WHAM! — LF uses around the country |
 LF "Super User" Applications |
 LF on YouTube |
The following links describe LF applications. While not a comprehensive list, it highlights LF data use from a variety of contexts.
2022
Locating potential historical fire-maintained grasslands of the eastern United States based on topography and wind speed [Journal Article] 
TreeMap 2016 Dataset Generates CONUS-Wide Maps of Forest Characteristics Including Live Basal Area, Aboveground Carbon, and Number of Trees per Acre [Journal Article]
Construction of Probabilistic Wildfire Risk Estimates for Individual Real Estate Parcels for the Contiguous United States [Journal Article]
Behavioral states in space and time: understanding landscape use by an invasive mammal [Journal Article]
Green Mountain National Forest historical fire regime assessment LANDFIRE [Application Summary]
A comparison of multitemporal airborne laser scanning data and the Fuel Characteristics Classification System for estimating fuel load and consumption [Journal Article]
Climate Land Cover (LANDFIRE Derived) - Datasets - California Natural Resources Agency Open Data [Journal Article]
LCMAP Change Stories: Sequoias under Siege, Progression of a Wildfire [Application Summary]
Scientists use AI to update data vegetation maps for improved wildfire forecasts [Journal Article]
Mapping the wildland-urban interface in California using remote sensing data [Journal Article]
Impacts of Agricultural Management Systems on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Highly Simplified Dryland Landscapes [Journal Article] 
Wildfire risk rating now available for 145 million properties in the United States [Journal Article]
Highlights from "Fueling the Flames" [Project Report]
Northeast-Midwest Wildfire Risk Assessment Portal [Application]
LANDFIRE Data and Applications [Fact Sheet]
Landscape scale data: the LANDFIRE example [Application Summary]
A Short Tour of the Interagency Fuel Treatment Decision Support System (IFTDSS) [Journal Article]
U.S. Department of the Interior Wildfire Risk Five-Year Monitoring, Maintenance, and Treatment Plan [ Project Report]
2021
New Eastern Region Wildfire Risk Assessment [Project Report]
Development and Application of the Fireshed Registry
[Project Report]
The importance of small fires for wildfire hazard in urbanised landscapes of the northeastern US [Journal Article]
Modelling species distributions and environmental suitability highlights risk of plant invasions in western United States [Journal Article]
Mapping regional forest management units: a road-based framework in Southeastern Coastal Plain and Piedmont [Journal Article]
2020
Drought Sensitivity and Trends of Riparian Vegetation Vigor in Nevada, USA (1985–2018) [Journal Article]
2017
Wildfire Simulation Methods for the Rogue Basin Cohesive Forest Restoration Strategy [Project Report]
Updating LANDFIRE Fuel Grids Using MTBS Fire Severity Data [Project Report]
