News: Mapping Fires Across the Southeast-Science to Solutions
Fire is essential for healthy and resilient working lands and conservation areas. Tracking the locations and characteristics of prescribed fires and wildfires is essential for wildfire risk mitigation and natural resource management. Scarce data exists for tracking fires across public and private lands. The Southeast fire map (SE FireMap), funded by NRCS and managed by Working Lands for Wildlife staff, aims to develop a fire tracking map to allow for improved decision making. Tracking fires can better prioritize funding for staff, projects, training and equipment to more effectively manage fire risks. The SE FireMap concept is moving into development as an operational decision-support system that aims to provide real time data to resource managers for fire and land management and conservation planning.
