The following links provide more information about wildfire.

• NIFC - National Interagency Fire Center
  http://www.nifc.gov
  

NIFC has several interesting pages:

• National Fire News (also International!)
  http://www.nifc.gov/fireinfo/nfn.html
• National Fire Maps (includes links to large fire locations, satellite imagery and national forecast maps)
  http://www.nifc.gov/firemaps.html
• Wildfire Prevention and Education (includes information on protecting your home and links to Fire Education products like Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl)
  http://www.nifc.gov/preved/index.html

• NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Earth Observatory
  http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov
  

NASA Earth Observatory has a Natural Hazards for wildfire page showing a global map with fire icons where significant fires have burned recently. Clicking on the icon will bring up a satellite photo of the fire along with summary information.

• LTRR (The Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research) Sierra Nevada Forest Dynamics: Understanding the Pattern and Pace of Change
  http://www.ltrr.arizona.edu/sngc/
  

Part of the summary of research findings of the Sierra Nevada Global Change Research Program, this link offers a flowchart of research topics from paleo to predictive to modern, with an explanation of fire regimes in Sierra Nevada Mixed Conifer forests (from fire scar research).

• Forest Fire in the American Southwest: Putting the Pieces Together
  http://forestfire.nau.edu
  

Created by the Program in Community, Culture and Environment at Northern Arizona University, offers links to fire information available on the internet and elsewhere. Short and long-term perspectives, current fire maps, statistics, news stories and "hot topics" are updated daily. Forest restoration, land-use history, lightning versus human-caused wildfires, pre-historic burning practices, Forest Service management, livestock grazing, fire suppression and adaptive management are some of the covered topics.