Additional information about wildfires can
be accessed at the following websites.

Lesson plans and activities covering Biomes, Ecosystems, Habitats from The Franklin Institute.

Excellent references on wildfires on the Discovery Channel site.

Fire danger maps created by the Forest Service detailing the National Wildland Fire Assessment System,.

FARSITE fire prediction model are available from Systems for Environmental Management.

Daily reports on wildfires nationwide from the National Interagency Fire Center, located in Boise, Idaho.

There are background, pictures and links on a page by Missoula jumper Robert Hubble, US Smoke Jumpers

His life story, Smoky Bear's Page.

National Park Service regional Fire Information.

More on the research into Yellowstone National Park and the 1988 fire is available on Simulating Fire Patterns in Heterogeneous Landscapes.

Forests Born of Fire a U.S. Forest Service look at fire effects on forest regeneration.

Interagency daily and archival wildfire reports from Forest Service, Park Service and Bureau of Land Management