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Crissy Supples, Elena Contreras and
Herman Garcia in Boulder, CO
© Geneva Bailey
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The inherent complexity and magnitude of the LANDFIRE project requires extensive technology transfer to train users in the methodology and applications of LANDFIRE data. An interagency team is designing classroom training sessions, publications, web-based resources, networks of users, and demonstration projects to promote and simplify the use and understanding of LANDFIRE products and tools.
The objective of LANDFIRE Technology Transfer is to demonstrate applications of LANDFIRE products for strategic planning, including:
- biodiversity conservation planning;
- the development of national and regional strategies to reduce the risks of wildland fire to communities and ecosystems;
- land management planning (e.g., Land Management Plans, Resource Management Plans, Fire Management Plans);
- Fire Program Analysis (FPA); and
- monitoring and accomplishment reporting.
Technology transfer will also demonstrate ways that local data can be incorporated into the LANDFIRE models and algorithms to produce “refined” versions of the LANDFIRE data layers that can be used for project-level planning, monitoring, and prioritization.
From March 2006 through 2009, the National Interagency Fuels Technology Team (NIFTT) will travel around the U.S. and conduct workshops to train managers in fuel assessment techniques using ArcGIS spatial application tools. The title of the workshop course is FOR-438: Fuel Assessment Techniques Using LANDFIRE Data. Specifically, the team will use LANDFIRE data in conjunction with spatial application tools to provide examples of ways to prioritize and plan hazardous fuel reduction and ecosystem restoration efforts.
For more information about The Nature Conservancy and LANDFIRE Technology Transfer, please contact Darren Johnson.
For a general overview, list of workshops, and data, you may click on the LANDFIRE site here.
This page last checked 11 June 2008.
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