The Fire Effects Information System - serving managers since before the Yellowstone fires

Jane Kapler Smith; Janet L. Fryer; Kristin L. Zouhar

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The Fire Effects Information System - serving managers since before the Yellowstone fires

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Authors:

Jane Kapler Smith, Janet L. Fryer, Kristin L. Zouhar

Year:

2009

Type:

Miscellaneous Publication

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Masters, R. E.; Galley, K. E. M.; Despain, D. G., eds. The '88 Fires: Yellowstone and Beyond: Conference Proceedings; 2008 September 22-27; Jackson Hole, WY. Tall Timbers Miscellaneous Publications No. 16. Tallahassee, FL: Tall Timbers Research Station. p. 62.

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Abstract

This presentation will describe the current status of the Fire Effects Information System (FEIS) and explore lessons learned from this 23-yearold project about the application of science to fire management issues. FEIS contains literature reviews covering biology and fire ecology for approximately 1,100 species in North America: plants and animals, native and nonnative. Established in 1985 and continually updated, the system has served managers, researchers, students, and the general public for >20 years. Species reviews in FEIS provide information that can help managers plan a prescribed fire, write a fire or fuel management plan, determine the need for post-fire rehabilitation, or assess the potential for increase of invasive species after fire. FEIS is cited in nearly half of EISs written by federal wildland fire managers. Research Project Summaries, a recent addition to FEIS, supplement species reviews and provide information on fire eff ects for an additional 250 species.

Keywords

Fire Effects Information System (FEIS), Yellowstone fires

Citation

Smith, Jane Kapler; Fryer, Janet L.; Zouhar, Kristin. 2009. The Fire Effects Information System - serving managers since before the Yellowstone fires. In: Masters, R. E.; Galley, K. E. M.; Despain, D. G., eds. The '88 Fires: Yellowstone and Beyond: Conference Proceedings; 2008 September 22-27; Jackson Hole, WY. Tall Timbers Miscellaneous Publications No. 16. Tallahassee, FL: Tall Timbers Research Station. p. 62.