Dr. Neuenschwander's teaching responsibilities included undergraduate courses in Fire Management, a Prescribed Burning Lab, and Fire Ecology, a graduate course in Fire Ecology, and a summer course in Wildland Ecology. His publication record is extremely varied, beginning with his work with Dr. Wright in sagebrush and tobosagrass communities, and then later centering on the ecological role and use of fire in the Northern Rockies. A sampling of his co-authors include the names of Wright, Bunting, Morgan, Saveland, Lotan, Oswald, Peters, Boice, Davenport, Gruell, and Zimmerman.

Many of these authors’ studied under Dr. Neuenschwander for graduate degrees, as did Wellner, Evers, and Damen. He spent his professional career not only promoting and studying fire ecology and management, but also training new generations of fire ecologists. His legacy in fire ecology and management is easily seen in the careers and reputations of these individuals. Through his unique talents, Dr. Neuenschwander took the blind enthusiasm of his students and molded it into a professional framework that has sustained their careers

Dr. Neuenschwander also gave many, many presentations on fire ecology throughout his career, as well as a number of testimonies to the U.S. Congress. He worked tirelessly to promote the use and study of fire across landscapes and management objectives.

According to his graduate students, Dr. Neuenschwander was happiest with a torch in his hand. His enquiring mind was always trying to determine why anything was happening, whether during a burn or the resulting impacts from a fire.