Policy Guidance
The drive behind the Fire Ecology Program. NPS policy,
a steering committee, and strategic planning all guide
the program, while partnerships help to achieve program
goals.
Fire Effects Monitoring The fire monitoring
program allows park managers to document basic information,
to detect trends, and to ensure that each park meets
its fire and resource management objectives.
Fire
Ecology Contacts
National Park Service Fire Ecologists contact information.
Rx Effects Newsletter
Information on Fire Effects Monitoring in the National Park Service, fire research, and other types of wildfire monitoring.
Fire Ecology Stories
Stories relating to fire ecology, fire effects monitoring, and more.
Research
The use of scientific information to improve fire and
land management through research.
Related
Links
Learn more about fire ecology from related websites.
Fire
Monitoring Handbook
This handbook is intended to facilitate and standardize monitoring
where appropriate for NPS units that are subject to burning
by wildland or prescribed fire.
Fire
Ecology Assessment Tool (FEAT)
FEAT is a relational database management system
developed to support immediate and long-term monitoring
and reporting of fire effects.
NPS/USGS
National Burn Severity Mapping Project
The Joint NPS-USGS National Burn Severity Mapping Project
addresses the need to quantify fire effects over large, often-remote
regions and long time intervals.
