Fire Ecology Simulator
Fire is a necessary feature of many ecosystems. It helps clear out old growth and often prevents dominance by one or more climax species. Some plants even specialize to exploit the ecological opportunities created by fire. This simulator attempts to capture some of these dynamics.

Back in 1978, as a Biology major at Carleton College, I did my senior thesis on the Fire ecology of Northern Minnesota
". A few years later I wrote my first fire ecology simulation program on a fancy handheld calculator with a multi-color pen plotter. A few years after that I rewrote the program using Hypercard on an early Mac computer. This third iteration is based on standard html, css, & javascript. It should run on any modern browser or smartphone.
Demonstration Video (Ten Cycles)