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Geospatial Multi-Agency Coordination (GeoMAC) ) wildland fire support Description of the Geospatial Multi-Agency Coordination (GeoMAC) project, online maps of current wildland fire locations using Netscape Communicator or Microsoft Internet Explorer, and user guide on how to use mapping application. (Score: 1.380)

U.S. Geological Survey and wildland fire Overview of USGS fire-related research for the fire management community and on fire effects on the landscape with links to capabilities and programs, bibliography, directory, and link to other agencies involved in wildfire research and management. (Score: 1.380)

Global Forest Fires (Score: 1.000)

Born of fire: restoring sagebrush steppe (Score: 0.690)

Composite Burn Index (CBI): field rating of burn severity Information on the Composite Burn Index (CBI) used to correlate remote sensing data with observed fire effects to define burn severity. (Score: 0.690)

Effects of fire suppression on ecosystems and diversity Article from Status and Trends of the Nations Biological Resources on considerations in restoring a more natural fire regime in ecosystems adapted to frequent fires to maximize benefits while minimizing biological and social costs. (Score: 0.690)

Fire ecology research Study of wildland fire history and fire ecology such as the invasion of nonnative grasses, in the Sierra Nevada forests, California shrublands, and the Mojave and Sonoran deserts to develop management techniques that will reduce hazards. (Score: 0.690)

Fire fuel mapping - satellite mapping of vegetation parameters for national fire fuels assessment Overview of program to improve vegetation mapping techniques and the development of large-area vegetation datasets for fire fuels estimates to support firefighting preparedness, to reduce hazards, and to assess fire effects on ecoystems. (Score: 0.690)

Post-fire burn sssessment by remote sensing on National Park Service lands Assessment of wildfires and fire use on National Park Service lands through remote sensing of burn severity. (Score: 0.690)

Wildland fire research Thematic descriptions of research to meet the varied needs of the fire management community and to understand the role of fire in the landscape including fire management support, studies of postfire effects, and fire history and ecology. (Score: 0.690)

Forest Fires and Drought in the U.S. Southwest (Score: 0.585)

Mesoscale Ecological Responses to Climatic Variability in the American Southwest (Score: 0.585)

Wildland fire managers site Site with GIS maps of western wildfire areas with some access limted to wildland fire managers. (Score: 0.580)

Prescribed Burning Guidelines in the Northern Great Plains Methods of spreading fire in grasslands (Score: 0.537)

Fire History and Ecology Research Brief (Score: 0.535)

Bibliography of fire effects and related literature applicable to the ecosystems and species of Wisconsin The bibliography provides citations pertinent to the effects of fire and its prescribed use on the ecosystems and species of Wisconsin and the upper Midwest. Three separate subject indexes are provided: general, species, and geographic location. (Score: 0.461)

Twenty years of post-fire vegetation development in Yellowstone National Park Abstract with slides of a presentation om the effects of wildfire on plant community succession from plots established before or after fires in Yellowstone National Park. (Score: 0.459)

Normalized Burn Ratio (NBR): a Landsat TM radiometric measure of burn severity Report of an investigation with maps, photos and graphs of sampling areas of the 1994 fires in Glacier National Park to test the performance of radiometric measures as the means to estimate burn severity. (Score: 0.379)

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Definition: Combustion, marked by flames or intense heat, in natural settings, often ignited by lightning and human activities.

Scope note: Use for fires that occur naturally in open areas, such as forests or fields. For fires set as part of natural resource management, use ’controlled fires’.

Used for: fires (uncontrolled), wildfires, fire preparedness