Major Web Pages:
Fire Resources
- Fire & Aviation Management
Provides links to a variety of resources of value to researchers,
fire professionals, and the general public.
- National
Interagency Coordination Center
Resources here include up-to-date news and detailed annual
statistics from 2001 to the present.
- Fire Management Today
This quarterly periodical is online from 1997 to the present.
Paper issues for 1936-2000 are at
A13.32 Doc. Formerly known as Fire Control Notes.
- MODIS Active Fire
Mapping Program
Provides current mapping and information on large fires.
- Wildfire
News and Notes
A quarterly periodical aimed at fire professionals. Online
from 2001 to the present.
- Annual Fire Report for National Forests.
A13.32.3 Doc
Available in paper or fiche for 1906-1938 (brief information only);
1956-1988; 1993 and 1995.
- Wildfire Statistics. A13.32/2 Doc
Available in paper or fiche for 1930-1997. Prior title was
Forest Fire Statistics.
Major Print Resources:
(NOTE: print materials relating to fire are in "Fire Resources"
above.)
- Annual Grazing Statistical Report. A13.83
Doc
Available in paper or CD-ROM for 1956-2002. Online via Sage
for 2000-forward.
- Forest Insect and Disease Conditions in the United States.
A13.52/2 Doc
Useful for information on outbreaks. Available in paper or
fiche for 1955-2003. Online via Sage from 2002 to the present.
- Land Areas of the National Forest System.
A13.10 Doc
Available in paper for 1985-2003. Online via Sage for 1994 to
the present.
- Report of the Chief of the Forest Service.
A13.1 Doc or A13.1/3 Doc
Often includes statistics as well as narrative. Title varies.
Available in paper for 1880-2001.
Reports from 1996 to the present can be found in the "Publications"
component of the US Forest Service homepage.
Maps:
- Maps & Brochures
A gateway for identification and purchase of national forest and
wilderness recreational maps.
- A13.28 Map
Newer forest and wilderness maps are at this call number.
Arrangement is alphabetical by forest name.
- A13.13 Doc
Older forest maps are at this call number. These maps are of
historic value rather than consultation for current conditions.
Arrangement is alphabetical by name of forest.
- Atlas of United States Trees. A1.38:1146
Doc Oversize
A multi-volume set with maps of individual species ranges.
- National Forest Atlases. A13.2/2: [#] Maps
Individual atlases for most national forests in Colorado and Wyoming,
mapped about 1960 at a scale of
1:31:000 and showing timber stands for individual species.
Research and Technical Publications:
- Rocky Mountain Research
Station
Focuses upon publications for this region.
- Station
Series Publications
Housed in North Carolina, but a portal to USFS research elsewhere.
- Colorado State Forest
Service
A good resource for forestry in Colorado.
- Research Papers. A13.78: Doc
- Research Notes. A13.79: Doc
- Resource Bulletins. A13.80: Doc
- General Technical Reports. A13.88: Doc
The four series above include later reports from the forest
experiment stations, arranged by station.
Base call numbers for publications issued by individual stations and
units:
- Central States Forest Experiment Station. A13.68:
Doc
- Forest Products Laboratory. A13.27: Doc
- Lake States Forest Experiment Station. A13.61:
Doc
- Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station.
A13.65: Doc
- North Central Forest Experiment Station. A13.82:
Doc
- Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. A13.67:
Doc
- Northern Forest Experiment Station. A13.73:
Doc
- Northern Rocky Mountain Forest & Range Experiment Station.
A13.30: Doc
- Pacific Northwest Research Station. A13.66:
Doc
- Pacific Southwest Forest & Range Experiment Station.
A13.62: Doc
- Rocky Mountain Forest & Range Experiment Station.
A13.69: Doc
- Rocky Mountain Research Station. A13.151/5:
Doc
- Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. A13.63:
Doc
- Southern Forest Experiment Station. A13.42:
Doc
- Southwestern Forest & Range Experiment Station.
A13.43: Doc
