This database is a unique resource for locating a broad range of fire-related information. Literature on control of wildfires as well as applications of prescribed burning is included. The database is international in scope with emphasis on North America and in particular, the southeastern United States. Citations include references to books, chapters within books, journal articles, conferences and conference papers, state and federal documents.

The American Tree Farm System mission is: To promote the growing of renewable forest resources on private lands while protecting environmental benefits and increasing public understanding of all benefits of productive forestry.

The Foothills Model Forest is one of eleven Model Forests across Canada that make up the Model Forest Network . The Network is funded and administered by Natural Resources Canada and the Canadian Forest Service with other cash and in-kind contributions provided by program partners.

Promote the ecological and economic values of longleaf pine ecosystems

Since 1935, the Natural Resources Conservation Service (originally called the Soil Conservation Service) has provided leadership in a partnership effort to help America's private land owners and managers conserve their soil, water, and other natural resources.

NRCS employees provide technical assistance based on sound science and suited to a customer's specific needs. We provide financial assistance for many conservation activities. Participation in our programs is voluntary.

• Our Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) program provides voluntary conservation technical assistance to land-users, communities, units of state and local government, and other Federal agencies in planning and implementing conservation systems.

• We reach out to all segments of the agricultural community, including underserved and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers to ensure that our programs and services are accessible to everyone.

The PEFC Council (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes) is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organisation, founded in 1999 which promotes sustainably managed forests through independent third party certification. The PEFC provides an assurance mechanism to purchasers of wood and paper products that they are promoting the sustainable management of forests.

PEFC is a global umbrella organisation for the assessment of and mutual recognition of national forest certification schemes developed in a multi-stakeholder process. These national schemes build upon the inter-governemental processes for the promotion of sustainable forest management, a series of on-going mechanisms supported by 149 governments in the world covering 85% of the world's forest area.

The Québec Forest Industries Association (QFIA) represents 21 manufacturing firms. These companies account for 97% of Québec's pulp and paper production.

The Mission of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service:
working with others to conserve, protect and
enhance fish, wildlife, and plants and
their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people

As the nation's principal conservation agency, the U.S. Department of the Interior has responsibility for most of our nationally owned public lands and natural resources. From its establishment in 1849, the Department has managed many varied programs including Indian Affairs, administering land grants, improving historic western emigrant routes, marking boundaries, and conducting research on geological resources.

Established in 1905, the Forest Service is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Forest Service manages public lands in national forests and grasslands.

Gifford Pinchot, the first Chief of the Forest Service, summed up the mission of the Forest Service— "to provide the greatest amount of good for the greatest amount of people in the long run."

National forests and grasslands encompass 193 million acres of land, which is an area equivalent to the size of Texas.