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For Resource Managers

Forestry Mini College: A Cost-Effective Way to Educate Non-Industrial Private Forest Landowners

“This article describes the forestry mini college (FMC) format as an educational tool that can be used by Extension forestry personnel to cost-effectively deliver research-based forestry information to many private forest landowners. A description of an existing forestry mini college program in Montana provides insight as to the method's effectiveness."

Wildfires by Region: Observations and Future Prospects

"Global warming will alter fire regimes. Climate models predict that higher temperatures and longer droughts will increase wildfire frequency, particularly in semi-arid regions. Higher rainfall in some areas could reduce fire frequency, though it could also foster more vegetation, thus providing more fuel for fires."

Fire Research Institute Main Page

A not-for-profit organization with 80,000 citations for books, journal articles, videos, training manuals, dissertations, news reports, and other material on wildland fire. Moreover, the collection includes citations relevant to Hawaii and the Pacific.

National Learning Center for Private Forest and Range Landowners

"We are excited to provide this new educational opportunity for landowners like yourself across the country. The interactive learning options are self-paced learning materials will help you to meet your personal management goals for your land."

Applied Wildland Fire Research in Support of Project Level Hazardous Fuels Planning Toolkit

“The Science Synthesis Toolkit offers a suite of resources relevant to planning and evaluating consequences of fuels treatments on our communities (social and economic), fire behavior, and the environment (air, water, soils, plants, weeds, wildlife habitat, and the likelihood of Armillaria disease)."

Social Science at the Wildland-Urban Interface: Compendium of Research Results to Create Fire-Adapted Communities

These lessons can then be applied to fostering fire-adapted communities—those communities that understand their risk and have taken action to mitigate their vulnerability and increase resilience. 

The E.V. Komarek Fire Ecology Database

Developed by Tall Timbers Research Station, this database includes over 27,000 citations for fire science and research literature including those relevant to Hawaii and the Pacific.

Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) Research Database

Browse completed and ongoing JFSP research projects, as well as archived Fire Science Digests, Briefs, and syntheses. A search feature allows for specific inquiry regarding Hawaii and the Pacific.

National Year-to-Date Report on Fires and Acres Burned by State

Year-by-year records on Fires and Acres Burned by State; unfortunately, very incomplete for Hawaii (something we are all working on vigorously at the moment!)