A brochure covering the benefits of prescribed burning.
Published October 25, 2023
In Journal of Biogeography
“This report presents photographic examples, tabulations, and a similarity chart to assist fire behavior officers, fuel management specialists, and other field personnel in selecting a fuel model appropriate for a specific field situation.”
Published October 10, 2023
In ournal of Wildlife Management
“The Behave fire modeling system is a computer program that is used to predict fire behavior in multiple situations.”
Published 2024
In Natural Areas Association
The Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System (CFFDRS) is a national system for rating the risk of forest fires in Canada. The system predicts fire weather, fire occurrence, and fire behavior.
Published January 26, 2023
In Rangeland Ecology and Management
Published November 9, 2023
In Natural Areas Journal
Published March 2, 2023
In Plant Ecology
Published October 15, 2021
In Forest Ecology and Management
Published April 2, 2022
In Forest Ecology and Management
Published August 21, 2021
In GeoHealth
Published February 3, 2022
In Forest Ecology and Management
Published March 23, 2022
In Biological Reviews
FEIS summarizes and synthesizes research about living organisms in the United States—their biology, ecology, and relationship to fire.
FRAMES provides a systematic method of exchanging information and transferring technology between wildland fire researchers, managers, and other stakeholders in order to make wildland fire documents, data, tools, and other resources easy to find and use.
Published October 25, 2023
In Ecology
Published July 20, 2024
In Journal of Insect Conservation
Published September 18, 2023
In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published May 7, 2022
In Rangeland Ecology and Management
“This Smoke Management Plan (SMP) is based on Section VI “Smoke Management Programs” of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (U.S.EPA) “Interim Air Quality Policy on Wildland and Prescribed Fires” (April 23, 1998). According to this policy, the purpose of a SMP is to mitigate the nuisance and public safety hazards posed by smoke intrusions into populated areas (including on roadways and at airports); prevent deterioration of air quality and National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) violations; and address visibility impacts in mandatory Federal Class I Areas.”
Published October 24, 2022
In Science of the Total Environment
Published April 13, 2022
In Ecosystems
Published August 29, 2023
In Restoration Ecology
Information was collected from both scientific literature and expert opinions and summarized by the Midwest Invasive Plant Network (MIPN), in partnership with the Mark Renz lab from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
“Managing smoke produced by prescribed fires has, in recent years, become a critical consideration when planning a prescribed fire event. In some situations, planning for smoke management may be more complicated than planning for the prescribed fire itself. Considerations such as human and animal health and safety, air pollution, and reduced visibilities must be taken into careful account when planning even a small, routine prescribed burn.”
A series of five brochures published in 2012 that cover different elements of using prescribed fire as a land management tool.
Search research results, digests, briefs, and synthesis from JFSP.
“This site provides a single location for land managers conducting prescribed burns in the Flint Hills to obtain information and access tools to assist them in making burn decisions.”
The Lake States Fire Science Library provides web features, summaries, syntheses, and links to important publications from key scientists for the Lake States region.
Published October 5, 2023
In Science of the Total Environment
“The purposes of SMPs are to mitigate the nuisance and public safety hazards (e.g. on roadways and at airports) posed by smoke intrusions into populated areas, prevent deterioration of air quality and National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) violations, and address visibility impacts in federal mandatory Class I areas.”
Managing smoke is part of wildland fire management. Protecting human life is the foremost priority in all aspects of wildland fire management, including smoke, while protecting natural resources and personal property are secondary priorities.will have a brief description of what the article is about.
"The Emissions and Smoke Portal brings together information, documents, websites, and training materials on smoke management and air quality. The information provided here reflects the efforts of the NWCG Smoke Committee to provide interagency leadership, coordination, and integration of air resources and fire management objectives to support overall land management goals.”
Published March 28, 2023
In Forest Ecology and Management
A guide to using personal protective equipment to help avoid personal injuries.
Published June 28, 2022
In Fire Ecology
“Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MN DNR) policies and procedures relating to prescribed burning are contained in Operational Order 47, Prescribed Burning. The MN DNR Prescribed Burn Handbook is intended to supplement the policy found in the Operational Order 47 with specific instructions, forms, examples, and tools the fire or resource manager can use.”
Published January 25, 2023
In Forests
“This paper is intended to increase the comfort level of the reader regarding prescribed burning. This paper is targeted toward land managers and interested individuals in both the public and private sector, particularly those with an interest in but limited experience with prescribed burning.”
Published February 22, 2023
In Insect Conservation and Diversity
Published February 21, 2023
In Ecological Applications
Published February 2023
In Current Opinion in Insect Science
Published September 2022
In Trends In Ecology and Evolution
“This report describes a new set of standard fire behavior fuel models for use with Rothermel’s surface fire spread model and the relationship of the new set to the original set of 13 fire behavior fuel models.”
Published December 2022
In Science of the Total Environment
Published March 2, 2023
In Ecological Applications
This online system searches for publications by Research and Development scientists in the US Forest Service. All Treesearch publications were written or produced by Forest Service personnel and are in the public domain.
Published May 7, 2022
In Current Environmental Health Reports
Smoke Management Best Management Practices for Prescribed Burns
