Landscape Partnership Newsletter-WLFW SE FireMap 2.0: WLFW Science to Solutions Posted
WLFW has posted an updated summary to the SE FireMap site about the development of the SE FireMap 2.0 to the Wildland Fire site.
See the WLFW science to solutions document here.
The Southeast FireMap (SE FireMap) is an interactive map designed to help resource managers make decisions about fire and ecosystem health. The SE FireMap provides data about fires across public and private lands. It facilitates science-informed decision-making on how to prioritize funding, staff allocation, conservation projects, training, equipment distribution, and will be used by WLFW and others to do outcomes assessments for the conservation practice of prescribed burning. The map will also help local and state governments identify and mitigate wildfire risk. The SE FireMap is funded and managed by NRCS Working Lands for Wildlife and a joint Tall Timbers and USGS research team. Version 2.0 of the SE FireMap decision support tool is currently being developed as a decision support tool with real-time data.
The SE FireMap version 2.0 will have standard query options, spatial data, and PDF map downloads to aid in fire management. Its remote sensing technology will track prescribed fires and wildfires across the Southeast and provide improved map resolution over other regional and national systems currently in use.
