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Fire Effects Information System

Featured Work

In the News

The Southwest Fire Science Consortium published a video and fact sheet on the Sonoran Desert Scrub Fire Regime, based largely on the FEIS Fire regimes of Sonoran desert scrub communities synthesis.

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Science You Can Use 

Science You Can Use is a publication of the USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station that summarizes and synthesizes current scientific research. Each issue delivers key science findings and management implications to people who make and influence decisions about managing land and natural resources in the Intermountain West and beyond.

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Fire Effects Information System— At a Glance

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A panoramic picture of fires in ponderosa pine ecosystems

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When More Blackberries Is a Bad Thing: Invasive plant management support

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Prickly Questions: What is fire’s place in the Sonoran desert scrub community?

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Recent FEIS Publications

Species Reviews

Plants

Photo of the base of an extremely large tree, partially covered with moss and with several small stems sprouting from the base. The surroundings are a lush green forest.
Woodpecker silhouette on tree trunk.

Animals

Aerial image showing a mosaic of burned (dark gray or orange) and unburned (green) forest patches in a large watershed.

Fire Regime Syntheses

Last updated February 23, 2026