ApexRMS · kerr-hub · Jun 8, 2026 · Jun 16, 2026 · Jun 16, 2026 · coderabbitai
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 ## Installing required packages
 
-Download and install [SyncroSim version 2.2.19](https://syncrosim.com/download/){:target="_blank"} or higher and follow the installation prompts.
+Download and install [SyncroSim version 3.1.25](https://syncrosim.com/download/){:target="_blank"} or higher and follow the installation prompts.
 
-Open SyncroSim and select **File > Packages… > Install…**. Then, mark the check-boxes beside the **stsim** and **landfirevegmodels** packages and click OK.
+Open SyncroSim and select **File > Local Packages… > Install from Server**. Then, mark the check-boxes beside the **stsim** (version 4.5.3 or later).
 
-You may need to update the **stsim** package to version 3.2.21 or later. To do so, select **File > Packages > Update...**, mark the check-box beside the **stsim** package and click **OK**.
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+Repeat the same process for **landfirevegmodels** (version 2.0.0).
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 ## Creating a new **landfirevegmodels** Library 
 
-In SyncroSim, select **File > New...**. 
+In SyncroSim, select **File > New > From Online Template...**. 
 
-Select the **landfirevegmodels** base package and choose either the **Reference Models** or **Example Models** template library.
+Select the **landfirevegmodels** package and choose either the **CONUS and HI Reference Conditions** for continental U.S. and Hawaii models or the **Alaska Reference Conditions** for models of Alaska.
 
 Enter a **Filename** or keep the default, select a **Folder** for your new library, and click **OK**. A download window should appear and your library will be created from an online template.
 
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 ## Configuring the Library
 
-Right-click on the Project datafeed (*i.e.*, **Definitions**) and select **Properties**. Navigate to the **Landfire** tab, where you can specify details about the quantity, type, and composition of the vegetation for your model.
+Right-click on the Project datafeed (*i.e.*, **BpSModels**) and select **Open** (or **double-click** on BpSModels). Navigate to the **LANDFIRE vegetation models** tab, where you can specify details about the quantity, type, and composition of the vegetation for your model.
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+Open the Scenario datafeed (*i.e.*, the LANDFIRE BpS Reference Condition Models). Navigate to the **LANDFIRE vegetation models** tab, where you can provide further information about the model, including detailed **Succession Class Descriptions** and **Succession Class Mapping Rules**.
 
-Right-click on the Scenario datafeed (*i.e.*, the Scenario name) and select **Properties**. Navigate to the **Landfire** tab, where you can provide further information about the model, including detailed **Succession Class Descriptions** and **Succession Class Mapping Rules**.
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 ## Learn more
 
 For documentation on the SyncroSim user interface see the SyncroSim [Getting Started](http://docs.syncrosim.com/getting_started/quickstart.html){:target="_blank"} page.
 
-**landfirevegmodels** is a wrapper for ST-Sim. For more information on ST-Sim, see its [documentation](http://docs.stsim.net/){:target="_blank"}.
+**landfirevegmodels** runs on ST-Sim. For more information on ST-Sim, see its [documentation](http://docs.stsim.net/){:target="_blank"}.
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 ## Vegetation dynamics modeling framework
 
-### **landfirevegmodels** is a SyncroSim base package to deliver LANDFIRE state-and-transition simulation models of vegetation, based on reference conditions for the U.S. The package is a wrapper for the [ST-Sim](http://docs.stsim.net/){:target="_blank"} package in SyncroSim.
+### **landfirevegmodels** is a SyncroSim package that delivers pre-built [LANDFIRE](https://landfire.gov/){:target="_blank"} state-and-transition models of vegetation dynamics for ecosystems across the United States.
 
-The **landfirevegmodels** package contains hundreds of state-and-transition simulation models (STSMs) of Biophysical Settings (BpS), designed by The Nature Conservancy's LANDFIRE program in collaboration with experts across the United States. These BpS models are reference condition models depicting what ecosystems may have looked like prior to European colonization of North America. The purpose of the **landfirevegmodels** package is to provide baseline models that can be modified to represent current landscapes and used to forecast the effects of ecosystem disturbances and/or management actions through simulations.
+The models included in the **landfirevegmodels** package contains hundreds of state-and-transition simulation models (STSMs) of Biophysical Settings (BpS), designed by The Nature Conservancy's LANDFIRE program in collaboration with experts across the United States. These BpS models are reference condition models depicting what ecosystems may have looked like prior to European colonization of North America. The purpose of the **landfirevegmodels** package is to provide baseline models that can be modified to represent current landscapes and used to forecast the effects of ecosystem disturbances and/or management actions through simulations. Built on top of ST-Sim, the package comes with the models already constructed so you can focus on modifying and applying them to your area of interest rather than building from scratch.
 
 For more information on how these types of models can be used for assessing the state of the current landscape, as well as planning for management action based on simulated future landscapes, see [Blankenship et al., 2021](https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecs2.3484){:target="_blank"}.
 
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 ## Requirements
 
-This package requires the [SyncroSim version 2.2.19](https://syncrosim.com/download/){:target="_blank"} or higher.
+This package requires the [SyncroSim version 3.1.25](https://syncrosim.com/download/){:target="_blank"} or newer.
 
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 ## Developers
 
-[The Nature Conservancy LANDFIRE team](https://www.conservationgateway.org/ConservationPractices/FireLandscapes/LANDFIRE/contacts/Pages/default.aspx){:target="_blank"}
+[The Nature Conservancy LANDFIRE team](https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/f37983671094430ebd23035596deccb6){:target="_blank"}
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