The Southern Fire Portal (SFP) is a geographic focus of the Fire Research and Management Exchange System (FRAMES).
The SFP improves fire science organization and accessibility by integrating and expanding three comprehensive, complementary sources of fire information:
As a nexus of fire effects information and technology transfer, the Southern Fire Portal is the Southeast's gateway for continuing collaboration between fire management and research communities and their publics.
Visit the SFP for fire-related research data, documents, projects, tools, and Web sites.
Provide early warning about emerging and anticipated droughts
Assimilate and quality control data about droughts and models
Provide information about risk and impact of droughts to different agencies and stakeholders
Provide information about past droughts for comparison and to understand current conditions
Explain how to plan for and manage the impacts of droughts
Provide a forum for different stakeholders to discuss drought-related issues"
Management Resources
Electronically available resource management tools presented here include management plans, computer mapping data layers, fire management resources, state and federal agency resources, and further online information sources.
Best Practices and Decision Support Tools
U.S. EPA GeoBook [Image: U.S. EPA]
The Southeastern Ecological Framework (SEF) GeoBook
The SEF GeoBook is a decision support tool hosting natural resource data about critical Southeastern ecosystems. Critical ecosystems are identified by the SEF as constituents of a hub and corridor network in eight states: Florida, Georgia, South and North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi. Within these states, the SEF highlights natural areas contributing to clean air, water, and ecosystem conservation.
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Best Sustainability Practices in Southern Appalachia
A searchable database of examples of best practices in growth management, sustainable development, and environmental conservation in the Southern Appalachian Highlands.
Integrate natural resource protection into your community planning efforts with our mapping service. This service will allow you to create maps at a county, watershed or state level, showcasing your satellite imagery, impaired streams, impervious surface, protected lands, State Wildlife Action Plans and much more.
NBII Natural Resources Monitoring Partnership
The NBII Natural Resources Monitoring Partnership supplies valuable information for resource management, including a Monitoring Protocol Library and a Monitoring Project Locater. Resource managers may also join and contribute monitoring data to the partnership.
NMRP Monitoring Protocol Library - A Web-based, searchable database of monitoring protocols and resource assessment methodologies.
Monitoring Project Locater - A Web-based, GIS application allowing users to asses what natural resource monitoring is conducted within a particular area (e.g., State, county, Canadian Province, or other selected geographic area). Utilize search tools to stay informed about ongoing and historic monitoring regarding specific parameters of interest.
