The Southwest Fire Science Consortium is partnering with FRAMES to help fire managers access important fire science information related to the Southwest's top ten fire management issues.
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Godwin
Improvements in smartphone and tablet device hardware and software have made it relatively easy for wildland fire and natural resource professionals to use digital maps in the field. Digital map uses include a variety of resource management tasks:…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Halofsky, Creutzburg, Hemstrom
The Integrated Landscape Assessment Project (ILAP) was a multiyear effort to produce information, maps, and models to help land managers, policymakers, and others conduct mid- to broad-scale (e.g., watersheds to states and larger areas)…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Harkins, Morgan, Neuenschwander, Chrisman, Zack, Jacobson, Grant, Sampson
The Idaho Panhandle National Forests (IPNF), in partnership with the University of Idaho, the Fire Sciences Laboratory, and The Sampson Group, developed a Geographic Information System (GIS) based wildfire hazard-risk assessment. The assessment was…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Clark, Yool
The Madrean Archipelago of sky islands in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico relies on fire to help regulate and maintain biodiversity, yet only limited fire research has been conducted in the region. Developing new tools and…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Pellerin, Lavoie
One of the main problems associated with small natural reserves is their progressive loss of ecological integrity owing to the influence of surrounding human activities. In southern Quebec (Bas-Saint-Laurent, Canada), peatlands are extensively mined…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Burger, Taylor
Radio telemetry is a widely accepted tool in the field of wildlife ecology, yet there is little information in the wildlife literature that demonstrates how to incorporate spatiotemporal data from telemetry into spatial databases such as geographic…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Thompson, Vertinsky, Schreier, Blackwell
Concerns about fire in North American forest management are shifting from a strict focus on fire prevention to a broader view which considers fire accommodation and fire emulation as management alternatives. There is a substantial gap between the…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Leenhouts
Wildland fire has been an integral part of the conterminous United States' ecological landscape for millennia. Today wildland fire has to compete with other socially desirable goals for a share of a limited air resource. New ozone, particulate, and…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Andrews, Bradshaw, Hunter
The Wildland Fire Assessment System is an internet-based system that provides information on fire danger, fire potential, and weather. WFAS is being updated to offer viewing options beyond the national maps that were available in the past.…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Caratti, Hann, Long, Menakis
National Forest and Grassland fire management has historically emphasized wildfire suppression and provided prescribed fire and fuel management support to other resources. Many fire management fuel treatments often occurred in a fragmented pattern…
Year: 2000
Type: Document