- Prescribed Fire

Tall Timbers Research Station E. V. Komarek Fire Ecology Database. Citations include references to books, chapters within books, journal articles, conferences and conference papers, state and federal documents. Abstracts are often included as part of the citations. The database is updated on a continuous basis, with information both current and historical. The definitive site to research fire related topics. Includes all topics, not just prairie or rangelands.

Fire Effects Information System. Select a plant or wildlife species to see the effects of fire upon that species. Plant descriptions, site descriptions and other useful information.

Prescribed Burning Guidelines. An excellent manual for burning how to.

U.S. Forest Service Fire Page. Links to fire information. Mostly wildfire and forest related stuff. Some interesting information. If you dig through it you'll be able to find some pertinent information to grasslands. Useful weather sites are listed in this section elsewhere.

Fire Scout. Directory of wildland fire sites on the net. As the name indicates, related mostly to wildland and forestry, some prairie stuff can be found by digging.

Weather sites useful for burn weather conditions and forecasts:

Interactive Weather Information Network. Site by the National Weather Service. Index map - link to your state to get local conditions including temp, humidity, wind speed and direction and forecasts. My favorite burn weather link.

Boise Fire Weather Home, National Weather Service. Fire weather, western state emphasis though other states information can be found. Fire links page.

National Weather Service Homepages. Index map to NWS regional offices. Follow the links to your area for most current forecasts.

Wildland Fire Assessment System. A collection of fire weather maps including fire weather observations, next day forecasts, dead fuel moisture, live fuel moisture, lower atmosphere stability and others. The place to check before you light the drip torch.