Series: NPS Alaska Region Fire Ecology Annual Report for 2017

The Alaska Region Fire Ecology Annual Report for 2017 offers a summary of the fire season, monitoring and inventories utilized, the methods and how information and outreach was used to communicate the results for the year.

• Article 1: NPS Alaska Region Fire Ecology Annual Report Summary 2017

  

  The National Park Service (NPS) Alaska region fire ecology program provides science-based information to guide fire and land management planning, decisions and practices in order to maintain and understand fire-adapted ecosystems in Alaska. Read more

• Article 2: Fire Ecology Annual Report 2017 - Monitoring and Inventory

  Monitoring and inventories are utilized by the fire ecology program to provide feedback to the NPS fire management program on activities such as fuels treatments and to continue to gain a better understanding of the effects of wildfire on the landscape. Read more

• Article 3: Fire Ecology Annual Report 2017 - Research & Technology

  

  The AKR fire ecology program coordinates research and facilitates the use of scientific data, modeling and technology to address the needs of the fire management program. Read more

• Article 4: Fire Ecology Annual Report 2017 - Communicating Results

  

  As park staff began to ramp up for the summer season, the fire ecology program pitched in with two train-the-trainer sessions. Read more

• Article 5: Fire Ecology Annual Report 2017 - Planning and Compliance

  The fire ecology program participates in planning activities for the Fire Management and Park Land Management Programs. Read more

• Article 6: Fire Ecology Annual Report 2017 - References

  

  A listing of reports, publications, and presentations completed in 2017 in conjunction with the Alaska Region Fire Ecology Program. Read more