Welcome

The Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP), a partnership of six Federal wildland and fire and research organizations, was established in 1998 to provide scientific information and support for fuel and fire management programs. more >>

Announcements for 2007 Proposals

This year's Announcements for Proposals (AFPs) will be posted October 13, 2006. Stay tuned...

Spotlights

Global Warming Focus of International Fire Congress

Global warming is changing fire behavior, creating longer fire seasons, and causing more frequent, large-scale, high-severity wildfires that threaten homes and communities, according to sponsors of the Third International Fire Ecology and Management Congress to be held in San Diego on November 13–17, 2006. more >>

Sagebrush Steppe Treatment Evaluation Project

• A SageSTEP Forward
• SageSTEP Network Map
• Message from the Project Coordinator
• Setting the Stage: Baseline Data Collection, Summer 2006
• Alternative Land Management Treatments, Fall 2006
• Introducing the Sage Team...
• What Makes SageSTEP Unique?

Hot Off the Press

Fire, fuel treatments, and ecological restoration: Conference proceedings	Development of coarse-scale spatial data for wildland fire and fuel management	Remote sensing of active fire and post-fire effects is the current Feature Paper in the International Journal of Wildland Fire

Science at a Glance

Multi-season climate synchronized widespread forest fires over four centuries (1630-2003), Northern Rocky Mountains USA	Delayed Tree Mortality Following Fire in Western Conifers