Fires @ ALE project partners

• The Nature Conservancy: a the leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people.
• The University of Washington School of Forest Resources.
• The Center for Urban Horticulture at the University of Washington
• US Fish and Wildlife Service
• Fires @ ALE is funded by the Joint Fire Science Program.

Background information

• Hanford Reach National Monument: A US Fish and Wildlife Service page describing the ecology and management of ALE and the Monument as a whole. A great introduction to the history of the site with an excellent array of on-line publications.
• An introduction to Shrub-steppe lands by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

Botany and plant identification resources

• Burke Herbarium: Photographs, distribution maps, basic descriptive information, and a random-access key for Washington state's vascular plants.
• USDA plants database:The PLANTS Database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories.

Related research

• SageSTEP: A regional experiment to evaluate methods of sagebrush steppe restoration in the Great Basin.
• Information on ecological condition monitoring carried out on the Hanford National Monument by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory on behalf of the US Department of Energy.
• Details of research carried out by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory as part of the Hanford National Environmental Research Park.