Collaborators:  Sheri Fritz, University of Nebraska; Ken Pierce, U.S. Geological Survey Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center; Walt Dean, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver; Joe Licciardi, University of New Hampshire. 

National Science Foundation (Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology):  Controls of Ecosystem Development During Rapid Environmental Change:  Yellowstone in the Late-glacial and Early-Holocene periods

Fire-climate linkages in western North America and southern South America

Collaborators:  Pat Bartlein, University of Oregon; Vera Markgraf, University of Colorado; Maria Martha Bianchi and Gustavo Villarosa, CONICET-CRUB, Bariloche, Argentina; Patricio Moreno, Universidad de Chile

National Science Foundation (Earth Systems History): Holocene fire-climate-vegetation linkages in the western mid-latitude forests of North and South America (co-PI: P. Bartlein).

Maori Use of Fire in New Zealand

Collaborators: Matt McGlone and Janet Wilmshurst, LandCare Research, Lincoln

National Science Foundation (Geography and Regional Sciences): Maori transformation of the New Zealand landscape through the use of fire: a case study from south-central South Island. 

Marsden Fund Fellowship, New Zealand: The paradox of Maori settlement and widespread forest clearance (PI: Matt McGlone, LandCare Research). 

Fire history in Rocky Mountain National Park

        
NPER Research Fellowship: Spatial and temporal evolution of subalpine forest-fire regimes during the late Holocene, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.  Lead Investigator:  Dr. Phil Higuera

Fire, insects, and climate change in the Sawtooth Range, central Idaho

Collaborators:  Jesse Logan and Robin Garwood, USDA Forest Service, and Jennifer Pierce, Boise State University

USDA Forest Service (Sawtooth National Forest):  Investigation of insect remains in lake-sediments fro developing a record of past insect .  Grad student: Josh Gage

DOE Inland Water Research Alliance:  Long-term ecohydrologic variability in the Sawtooth region of central Idaho
        

Yellowstone's environmental history

Collaborators: Sheri Fritz, University of Nebraska; Walter Dean, Joe Rosenbaum, and Ken Pierce, U.S. Geological Survey; Mitch Power, University of Edinburgh; Bob Crabtree, Yellowstone Ecological Research Center, Bozeman; Hank Heasler, National Park Service

Yellowstone National Park:  Research investigation of Crevice Lake and Blacktail Pond.  Investigator:  Mariana Huerta

National Park Service Cooperative Agreement:  Mammoth Crystal Springs sediment core collection and analysis, Sylvan Pass, Yellowstone National Park. 
Grad student: Stephanie Mumma

NASA Internship Program: Beyond Hayden: Exploration, Inspiration, and Education in Yellowstone (collaborator on grant awarded to Yellowstone Ecological Research Center, Bozeman MT).   Undergrad students:  Jason Yale, Matt Whaley,  Brittani Thompson

Klamath/Siskiyou forest, fire, and climate history

Collaborators: Carl Skinner, USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Station

USDA Forest Service (Pacific Southwest Lab): Sensitivity of Klamath Forests to long-term changes in climate and disturbance regime.  Grad student:  Christy Briles, University of Oregon

Prehistory of Grand Teton National Park and region

Collaborators:  Kelly MacDonald, Grand Teton National Park, and Ken Pierce and Rick Sojda, U.S. Geological Survey

National Park Service Cooperative Agreement:  Fire and vegetation history of Jackson Hole, Wyoming.  Grad student:  Karen Jacobs

US Geological Survey: Analysis of Red Rock Lake sediment core.  Grad student: Stephanie Mumma

Humans, fire, and climate in western Oregon

Collaborators:  Jane Kertis and Emily Heyerdahl, USDA Forest Service

Joint Fire Sciences Program: Historical fire regimes of the Willamette Valley, Oregon: providing a long-term regional context for fire and fuels management. 
Grad student:  Megan Walsh, University of Oregon