Fire Hotlist

Fire Hotlist
An Internet Hotlist on Fire

created by Jane Orbuch
San Lorenzo Valley High School

Introduction | Healthy Forests Initiative

Introduction
In addition to using books and magazines to find out about Fire, why not also use the power of the Internet? The links below will get you started.

The Internet Resources

A Better Fire: Interactive - Students run a simulation of how a fire will spread through a stand of trees, learning about probability and chaos. Parameters: Forest density, wind direction, size of forest.
ABAG Wildfire Hazard Maps and Information - Interactive GIS Harzard maps
Biscuit Fire Time Series -
Biscuit Fire with Smoke--NASA visualization -
California Fire Hazard Severity Zone Maps -
California Fire Information -
Community Wildfire Protection Plan - Updates and information regarding CWPP development in San Mateo/Santa Cruz Counties
Directable Fire--Interactive - Students run a simulation of how a fire will spread through a stand of trees, learning about probability and chaos. Parameters: Probability that a tree will set fire to each of its eight neighbors.
EarthObseratory: Global Fire Monitoring -
FAM: Prepare for a Wildfire -
Fire Science Degree - Guide to Schools Offering Fire Science Degrees
Fire in the San Lorenzo Valley -
Fire's Role in Ecosystems--BLM E trip -
Fire: Interactive - Students run a simulation of how a fire will spread through a stand of trees, learning about probability and chaos. Parameters: Probability that a tree catches fire if its neighbor is on fire
Firesafe Council -
Firestorm-roleplay for high school students -
Firewise - making sensible choices in the wildland/urban interface
Forest Fires-background/links -
Forest Fires: Enviro Literacy Council - Info and links
Geomac: Geospatial MultiAgency Coordination for Wildfires -
Global Fires 2001-2005 - Interactive and links
How Wildfires Affect An Ecosystem -
National Fire Map-Active Large Fires -
National Fire News -
Nature Conservancy Global Fire Initiative -
Nova: Fire Wars -
Simulating Fire Patterns--computer fire simulation -
Wildfire Simulator -
Wildland Fires -
Yellowstone Burn AReas GIs project -
Zoom into 2001 California Fires -

Healthy Forests Initiative

Con Healthy Forests -
Healthy Forest Intiative--Environmentalist Response -
Healthy Forests Initiative--Forest Service -
Healthy Forests and Rangelands - Healthy Forest Initiative Link on Left
Healthy Forests would Increase Logging -
National Fire Paln: HFRA -
Pro Healthy Forests -
Sierra Club: Fire Management on Public Lands -
Society of American Foresters: Healthy Forest Initiative -
Wikipedia--Healthy Forests Initiative -

Content by Jane Orbuch, jorbuch@slvusd.org
http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listfireja.html
Last revised Thu Jul 28 17:39:40 US/Pacific 2011