Our Work
Turning Data Into Action for Climate-Ready Forests
We accelerate the development of science and data that help
ecosystems thrive. Through three interconnected approaches, we serve scientists, tribal nations, land managers, and communities working at the forefront of forest restoration.
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A thriving world depends on more than healthy ecosystems—it depends on resilient communities and economies, too. We accelerate science that serves this balance, translating complex data into tools, insights, and stories that help people understand and adapt to our changing fire landscapes. Whether modeling wildfire behavior, centering Indigenous stewardship practices, or uniting diverse partners around a shared vision for forests, our work turns knowledge into momentum for collective action.
We focus where change is most tangible: at the scale of watersheds and landscapes where restoration can be replicated and adapted. We look backward to learn, and forward to plan—using the best available data to chart pathways toward a climate-ready future. Through vivid, evidence-based storytelling, we help scientists, land managers, Tribal Nations, and communities find common ground in what’s possible.
Because data alone isn’t enough. Lasting impact comes from partnership, insight, and the deliberate ways we turn information into action—our three pillars of work.
Three Pillars of Work
We engage in this work through three interconnected areas, each designed to serve the scientists, land managers, tribal nations, and organizations working at the forefront of forest restoration and climate adaptation:
Data Storytelling & Visualization
We translate complex data into vivid, meaningful stories that shape public understanding and offer policy guidance about the future of forests. Our data stories make science accessible and actionable, helping build support for landscape-scale restoration work.
Explore Data Stories
Open Science & Data
We make cutting-edge data, models, and tools openly available to researchers, agencies, and tribal nations working to increase climate resilience. Our commitment to open science accelerates innovation and expands participation beyond historically included communities.
Access Data & Tools
Expanding Tribal Stewardship
With targeted efforts to support Tribal Nations, we are a force-multiplier for the application and expansion of Indigenous stewardship methods and systems across lands managed directly by tribes and landscapes where tribes are increasingly engaged in co-stewardship agreements.
We engage in this work through three interconnected areas, each designed to serve the scientists, land managers, tribal nations, and organizations working at the forefront of forest restoration and climate adaptation:
- Data Storytelling & Visualization
Translating data products into vivid, meaningful stories and educational experiences that shape public understanding and offer policy guidance about the future of forests. We make complex datasets accessible and actionable, helping build support for the landscape-scale work happening on the ground.
→ Explore our Data Stories - Expanding Tribal Stewardship
With targeted support for Tribal Nations, we are a force-multiplier for the application and expansion of Indigenous stewardship methods and systems across lands managed directly by tribes and landscapes where tribes are increasingly engaged in co-stewardship agreements. We work to elevate Traditional Ecological Knowledge alongside contemporary science, recognizing that addressing historical inequities in land management requires intentional, culturally-informed partnership.
→ Learn about our work with Tribes - Open Science & Collaboration
Enabling reproducible scientific research, curating open data and models, and developing tools for use by state and federal agencies, tribal natural resource programs, researchers, and communities working to increase climate resilience. We make our datasets, methods, and findings freely available because collaboration accelerates innovation and expands participation in science beyond historically included communities.
→ Access our Open Science resources
who we serve
Our work is designed for practitioners, communities, and decision-makers working across landscapes and jurisdictions.
- Tribal Nations advancing Indigenous stewardship—from trust lands to co-managed landscapes.
- Forest and wildfire scientists developing strategies for resilience and adaptation.
- Data scientists and analysts modeling fire behavior, fuels, and ecosystem dynamics.
- Federal, state, and local agencies making landscape-level management decisions.
- NGOs and collaborative partnerships building shared visions for forests.
- Educators, students, and researchers seeking accessible forest and climate data.
If you're working to restore resilience to fire-adapted ecosystems, we're here to accelerate your efforts with better data, clearer stories, and collaborative tools.