Fire Learning Networks

Ten regional fire learning networks and their anchor sites

Conservation Tools and Resources Browse our Fire Learning Network web sites: • U.S. Fire Learning Network • LAC Fire Learning Network • The LAC FLN web site is also available in Spanish.

U.S. Fire Learning Network
A component of the Fire, Landscapes and People partnership, the U.S. Fire Learning Network was created in 2002 to catalyze efforts to reduce hazardous fuels and restore fire-adapted ecosystems across the continental United States. In its first five years, the Network engaged 71 community-based projects working to restore more than 76 million acres. 

The U.S. Fire Learning Network comprises ten regional learning networks nested within a single national network. Each network has a different emphasis, reflecting the particular needs of the projects involved. For example, the Great Plains network is helping ranchers overcome obstacles to reintroduce large-scale fire across fragmented, privately owned grasslands. 

Latin American and Caribbean Fire Learning Network
This Network provides a framework for restoration and maintenance of ecologically appropriate fire regimes in both fire-dependent and fire-sensitive ecosystems of the Caribbean, Central America, Mexico and parts of South America. The goals of the network are to:

1. Educate land managers about the ecological role and impact of fire in tropical and temperate ecosystems;
2. Help land managers develop comprehensive fire management planning and implementation skills; and
3. Disseminate scientific knowledge and technical information.

To date, 26 conservation areas from 14 countries have been involved in the Network.