Wildland Fire News

A selection of news releases and stories related to wildland fire management. For details about ongoing wildfires, visit the National Interagency Fire Center.

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Smoke rises from a fire burning in a coastal scrub landscape

A prescription for safety: burning in the wildland urban interface

08/18/2020

The use of prescribed fire is a valuable tool in preventing catastrophic wildfires and promoting natural ecological processes of fire dependent ecosystems. Prescribed fire is an important management tool utilized to fulfill the mission and goals of Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge in Florida. It is used to restore and maintain biological integrity of refuge habitats and reducing threats to public health and safety from potential catastrophic wildfires in those communities near the wildland urban interface.

Majority of fires human-caused (www.blm.gov)

08/07/2020

The Bureau of Land Management - Idaho reports that over 75% of fires this year have been determined to be human-caused.

Prescribed fires & ticks (www.nrs.fs.fed.us)

08/06/2020

Recurrent prescribed fire may reduce tick populations and incidence of the lyme disease according to recent research from the USDA Forest Service.

Remapping LANDFIRE (www.usgs.gov)

08/05/2020

On this episode of the USGS "Eyes on Earth" Podcast, a discussion about recent efforts to remap the United States and improve the datasets available in LANDFIRE.

LANDFIRE remap marks major improvements (www.usgs.gov)

07/30/2020

LANDFIRE released the most significant upgrade in its 15-year history this week—the most comprehensive land cover dataset the program has ever produced. The LANDFIRE Remap for the conterminous United States includes new national base maps across the product suite, as well as a promise of improved accuracy and ease of use for what has become one of the most widely-cited data sources in the Nation, both in and outside of the fire science community.

Web Reads: Surveys reveal nuanced perceptions of wildfire effects (www.nwfirescience.org)

07/29/2020

Research published in the International Journal of Wildland Fire surveyed peoples' perceptions before and after they hiked in a landscape dominated by chaparral and oak burned at high severity in 2015.

50 years of wildfire support: National Interagency Fire Center celebrates golden anniversary.

07/23/2020

Celebrating 50 years of wildland fire support to the nation.

Web Reads: School’s Out, Now What? (fireadaptednetwork.org)

07/23/2020

The Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network compiled a resource list of summer activity guides, wildfire education resources, and go-bag activities that may help make the transition to summer exploratory learning a little bit easier for everyone!

New graphics highlight wildland firefighter safety messaging (www.usfa.fema.gov)

07/20/2020

Beautiful graphics from the National Wildfire Coordinating Group depict the 10 Standard Firefighting Orders and the 18 Watch Out Situations are now available for free download.

Fuels treatments, wildfire & post-fire resiliency (storymaps.arcgis.com)

07/17/2020

In 2008, the Bureau of Land Management West Desert District began a series of treatments near Grouse Creek, Utah to mitigate the risk of wildfire and reduce threats to sagebrush habitat. In 2018, these treatments were put to the test when the Goose Creek Fire started. The wildfire presented West Desert District land managers with a unique opportunity to assess whether the treatments were effective at modifying fire behavior, reducing burn severity, and helping promote post-fire resiliency.

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