- Author
- Livingston, R. K.
- Title
- U.S. Geological Survey Wildland Fire-Science Workshop, 3rd. November 12-15, 2002.
- Report
- Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5005
- Book or Conf
- U.S. Geological Survey Wildland Fire Workshop, 34rd. Proceedings. U.S. Department of the Interior and U.S. Geological Survey. November 12-15, 2002, Denver, CO, 80 p., 2002
- Keywords
- wildland fires | fire science | surveys | fire seasons | fire fighters | fire fighting | information dissemination | ecology | fire suppression | fire risk assessment | fuels | response planning
- Identifiers
- historical perspective; year 2002 wildland fire season; summary of major activities since the second wildland fire workshop; white paper onp pre-fire risk assessment and fuels mapping; white paper on post-fire effects, including physical and biological; white paper on rehabilitation and restoration; white paper on a USGC fire response plan
- Abstract
- The historically significant wildland fire events that occurred in the United States during 2000 and 2002, together with the associated recognition of the need for a different national policy of forest management, has led to an increased awar,eness of the need for cooperative effort among all Federal agencies in planning for and managing the risks and consequences of wildland fire. The expertise and capabilities of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are significant resources in this regard. and the agency is becoming increasingly involved in fire-science activities in support of the various land-management agencies that are dealing directly with this issue. The First USGS Wildland Fire Workshop was held in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in 1997 and helped to establish the direction of USGS in sharing its expertise with the fire-management agencies. The Second USGS Wildland Fire Workshop was held in Los Alamos, New Mexico, in 2000 and brought together all the agencies involved in the management of wildland fires in order to determine their needs, to demonstrate USGS capabilities to meet those needs, and to establish methods for the USGS to distribute data and tools useful in fire management. It enhanced the relationships developed during the 1997 workshop and helped to define USGS' role in the fire-management community. The Third USGS Wildland Fire-Science Workshop, held in Denver, Colorado, November 12-15, 2002, was an opportunity for exchange of information on recent progress in the area of fire science and to determine the gaps in fire-science research that could be addressed by the USGS. In addition to more than 90 USGS scientists engaged in fire-related research and managers of organizational units involved in some aspect of wildland fire activities, the workshop was attended by about 30 representatives of 11 other Federal agencies. There also were a number of attendees affiliated with several universities, private companies, and State and local agencies.