FIRE Listed below are selected teaching resources from BLM national, state, and field offices, listed alphabetically by title. To find items for more general audiences, see our Fire listing under Students and Explorers. To find listings organized by states, visit Programs in Your Area. To search the full text of the Learning Landscapes website, visit the search page. To return to the Teaching Resources subject list, select this link. BLM Hosts 14th Annual Mill Creek Education Day 2004 Nevada Education Feature Describes outdoor environmental education program for 6th grade students hosted by Battle Mountain, Nevada field office. For more information, contact BLM field office, Battle Mountain, NV. http://www.nv.blm.gov/environmental/mill_creek04.htm BLM-Winnemucca's "Project Fire" 1998 BLM Environmental Education feature Describes field research, mapping and other activities of Nevada students learning about the nature of fire; older students teach younger ones. http://www.blm.gov/education/feature/1998/nv/index.html Burning Issues Interactive CD-ROM Users learn about fire in four different ecosystems and practice their skills in building a firewise house; includes sample activity and ordering information. http://www.fsu.edu/~imsp/burn_issue2_06/newsplash.htm Fire's Role in Ecosystems: A Hot Topic BLM Environmental Education Electronic Field Trip, October 2005 Web-based interactive program on the role of wildland fire in ecosystems. Includes an "ask the experts" segment with BLM fire specialsts answering student questions. http://www.efieldtrips.org/fire Fire in Wildhorse Basin Interactive Website Case study of the Wildhorse Basin of Wyoming. Includes description of the sage/juniper habitat, the mule deer, and the sage grouse. Activities focus on prescribed burning and wildfire. http://www.blm.gov/education/whb/ Idaho Teachers Find Fire and Weeds To Be Hot Topics for the Classroom 2000 BLM Environmental Education feature Describes special Project Learning Tree  workshops on fire ecology and exotic invasive plants in Idaho for middle, high school teachers. http://www.blm.gov/education/feature/2000/id/index.html National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) 1999 BLM Environmental Education feature Describes NIFC, a multi-agency federal fire center in Boise, Idaho. Includes smokejumpers, communications, history, operations, and education. http://www.blm.gov/education/feature/1999/wo/index.html Project Learning Tree Teacher workshops Describes partnership between BLM and Project Learning Tree (PLT) to enhance special theme workshops on fire education and invasive species. http://www.blm.gov/education/LearningLandscapes/teachers/plt.html Student Conservation Association in Kern River Valley State page Describes fire education work of Student Conservation Association volunteers in California's Kern River Valley. http://www.ca.blm.gov/bakersfield/firemanagement/thesca.html Wildland Fire Primer Teacher guide Guide for teachers outlining key concepts related to wildland fire education. http://www.blm.gov/education/LearningLandscapes/teachers/fire_primer.pdf Wildland Fire Primer En Espanol (Texto Básico sobre Incendios Rurales) Teacher guide Spanish translation of guide for teachers outlining key concepts related to wildland fire education. http://www.blm.gov/education/LearningLandscapes/teachers/fire_primer.pdf

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