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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This portal is an ArcGIS Online platform that provides access to maps, data, documents, and other resources for practitioners working in grassland and sagebrush biomes. Many of the resources are developed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and…
Year: 2022
Type: Website
The USDA, USFS, and USGS have put together a new Burn Severity Portal, which is a single access point for as much post-fire mapping and field plot data as possible. The portal includes data gathered through a wide range of federal programs including…
Year: 2021
Type: Website
Pinyon-juniper woodlands have always been part of the fabric of western landscapes. However, human land use, reduced fire occurrence, and climatic conditions have contributed to widespread changes. Historically, woodlands were restricted primarily…
Type: Website
Wildfires over the last couple decades have increased in size and intensity and the fire season has lengthened, resulting in increased wildfire suppression costs and greater risk to human health and safety. The large, severe fires have also had…
Type: Website
The US Forest Service, Forest Health Protection (FHP) Whitebark Pine Restoration Program was developed in 2006, the first and only restoration program with dedicated funding for whitebark pine. The initiative resulted in part from a health…
Type: Website
The Clean Air Act, which was last amended in 1990, requires EPA to set National Ambient Air Quality Standards (40 CFR part 50) for pollutants considered harmful to public health and the environment. The Clean Air Act identifies two types of national…
Type: Website
Protecting natural and cultural resources is essential to sustaining our health and quality of life. We, along with fish and wildlife, rely on clean water and the benefits of having healthy rivers, streams, wetlands, forests, grasslands, and coastal…
Type: Website
Air quality is important for human health, as well as natural resources. Air pollution includes gases and particles in the air that are emitted by power plants, factories, automobiles, and other sources. This can have serious effects on air quality…
Type: Website
Compared to historic conditions, many forests in the U.S. are now more dense and have more down fuels. For years, managers have recognized this problem and have acted to reduce stem density and fuels by thinning, burning, and/or fuel treatments. Yet…
Type: Website
Wildland fires are a force of nature that can be nearly as impossible to prevent, and as difficult to control, as hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods.
Wildland fire can be a friend and a foe. In the right place at the right time, wildland fire can…
Type: Website