Up-to-date information about fire effects on plants and animals of North America, developed at the USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station's Fire Sciences Laboratory in Missoula, Montana.

Information and networking on issues of wildland fire control and land management policies.

This edition of The Why Files examines the role of fire in natural systems, and the role of science in understanding wildfires.

Large bibliography covering applications of prescribed burning, control of wildfires, and other topics in fire ecology. International in scope with emphasis on North America.