LANDFIRE is actively working on systematic dataimprovements which will be available for downloading soon. The LANDFIRE Refresh Approach to updating LANDFIRE layers focuses on landscape changes to vegetation, such as wildland fire, fuel and vegetation treatments or management. Where possible with available data, changes from insects and disease, storm damage, invasive plants and other natural or anthropogenic events will be incorporated. The Refresh project will update existing layers to reflect more current conditions; however, there is a gap of  two to three years in acquiring data on the landscape changes and processing updated data products. 

The Refresh project has been estimated to span 24 months and involves over 500 unique tasks to deliver updated LANDFIRE data layers. Refresh is highly dependent upon continued contract and staffing support and the vital contributions of field data in the form of change data polygons and other information regarding landscape conditions.