UM Directory
Carl Seielstad
Associate Dean, W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation; Professor, Fire Science
Contact Information
- Department:
- College Of Forestry & Conservation
- Email:
- carl.seielstad@umontana.edu
- Phone:
- Personal Website:
- https://www.firecenter.umt.edu/
Office Address
CHCB 428
32 Campus Dr MS 1224
Missoula MT, 59812
Dr. Seielstad studies fire and fuel pattern-process relations using an array of active and passive remote sensing techniques and applies emerging quantitative methods to map and model wildland fuels. Applications for his research include forest inventories, carbon assessments, fire behavior modeling, prediction of fire effects, and design/implementation of fuel treatments. Seielstad mixes scholarship with boots-on-the-ground management as a practicing burn boss and incident commander. His fire career spans more than 30 years including time as a hotshot and smokejumper. He advises UM’s Student Association of Fire Ecology and Management, oversees the fire and fuels management activities of the Montana Forest and Conservation Experiment Station, and directs the research and workforce development efforts of the National Center for Landscape Fire Analysis.
Education
PhD, Forestry, University of Montana, 2003
MA, Geography, University of Georgia, 1993
AB, Geography, Dartmouth College, 1990
Courses Taught
- FORS230 Fire Management and Environmental Change (3 credits, Spring)
- FORS331 Wildland Fuels Management (3 credits, Spring)
- FORS440 Forest Stand Management (3 credits, Fall)
- FORS491/595 Prescribed Fire Practicum (3 credits, Spring)
Selected Publications
For a list of Dr. Seielstad's Puclications, please visit his Google Scholar page.