This reference provides suggestions for homeowners on how to protect their houses and properties from wildfires. Topics include the particular risk of wildfires in the State of Colorado; construction, design, and materials that reduce fire susceptibility; and landscaping with plants that are both fire-and drought-resistant. There are also links to information on landowner assistance programs, Community ... Full description.

This website provides tools for teaching forestry topics. It includes information about videos and classroom materials, teacher workshops, grants and opportunities, links to other forestry sites, ask-a-forester, downloadable newsletters about environmental and forestry education, a kids section, and downloadable lesson plans. The lesson plans cover topics such as wood, timber, properties of wood, ... Full description.

In August of 1988, the American West burned as it had not in at least a century. Nowhere did the fires receive as much attention as in Yellowstone National Park, the great icon of conservation and the first national park in the world. This radio broadcast discusses the controversy that itself roared when the fires in Yellowstone were eventually left to burn themselves out. National Park Service officials ... Full description.

The Boulder County Wildlife Mitigation Group (BCWMG) was formed in 1989, shortly after the Black Tiger Fire destroyed 44 homes and burned 2,100 mountain forest acres in the Sugarloaf area. Resulting cooperation between federal, state and local government agencies and organizations laid the foundation for BCWMG, one of the nation's oldest partnered wildfire mitigation groups. The group creates wildfire ... Full description.

The Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior joined the Western Governors' Association, National Association of State Foresters, National Association of Counties, and the Intertribal Timber Council to endorse this 10-Year Comprehensive Strategy to deal with the wildland fire and hazardous fuels situation, as well as the needs for habitat restoration and rehabilitation in the Nation. Its goals were ... Full description.

This publication provides two lists of items to consider when creating a firewise landscape and when building, renovating or making aditions to a firewise home. Landscaping issues include fuel reduction, creating zones around the home, and creating a minimum 30-foot open area around the home to accomodate fire equipment. Construction issues include location, use of fire-resistant materials, access, ... Full description.

This page, from the University of Illinois Extension, has an animated cartoon designed to help young children (5-8 years of age) gain an appreciation of trees, observe trees in their every day lives and develop an interest in learning more about trees. It is intended for adults to work with children to explore the wonders of trees. It meets several of the Illinois statewide learning goals for second ... Full description.

Defensible space is an area around a structure where fuels and vegetation are treated, cleared or reduced to slow the spread of wildfire towards the structure. This fact sheet from the Colorado State University Cooperative Extension provides information for homeowners who wish to create such a space as a precautionary measure to protect their homes from wildfires. Full description.

This site enables access to Local Area, Geographic Area, National, and other related Interagency Wildland Fire Training information. The home page also contains current training news and a comment section. Full description.

These maps show the distribution of forests for Africa, Asia, Europe, North and Central America, Oceania, and South America. The maps were extracted from the global forest cover map produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations as part of the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2000. Dark green colors on the maps indicate areas dominated by forests, according to the ... Full description.