Wildland fires in the United States are not always confined to wilderness areas. The growth of population centers and housing developments in wilderness areas has blurred the boundaries between rural...
The U.S. Fire Administration collaborated with the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) on the newly released updated and revised Emergency Incident Rehabilitation Manual (174 pages)....
In this lesson, students will examine their assumptions about forest fires. They will learn about the conflicts involved with the forest service's new strategy, and they will study one case where a...
Devoted to fire ecology in Yellowstone, this site includes sections on fire effects, fire facts, fire monitoring, Mt. Washburn FireCam, prescribed fire, reference / links, vegetation, weather page,...
Information on the Jack Pine is provided and related directly to fire ecology principles. Plant response to fire and fire management considerations is covered by two sections on this site.
This is an informative site relating to fire ecology. A listing of 20 facts about wildland fire is provided. Links to organizations involved with fire ecology are listed with brief descriptions for...
Wildlife species are rarely detected with perfect accuracy, but new techniques called occupancy models produce unbiased estimates of species distribution and dynamics. Assumptions, approaches, biases...
Between November 2 through 9, 2007 scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collected samples of ash and burned soils from 28 sites in six areas burned as a result of the Southern California...
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