How to use . . . 

​​THE ANNUAL ILLINOIS PRESCRIBED FIRES ACCOMPLISHED MAP

​Maps are powerful. They help us quickly understand our landscapes. We have created a new map called the “Annual Illinois Prescribed Fires Accomplished.” The map will allow your agency to post polygons detailing the extent of your accomplished controlled fires on top of a layer detailing the of ownership of protected lands across the state.
 
If you open the map and zoom in and out to your favorite areas you can see specific fire units. Click the layer list and turn on the Protected Lands feature. The map is simple and intuitive.

How do you participate?
In order to participate you simply need to email ILRxFiresAccomplished@gmail.com        
 with one of these:

• A shapefile  What is a shapefile?
• A kmz file, such as generated from Google Earth.

Please include the date on which the burn was conducted or, barring that, the season in which the parcel was burned. This information can either be integrated into the shapefile/KMZ file or provided as text; whichever is easiest for you. All of the polygons can be sent as a single shapefile/KMZ file. If that’s not feasible, you can also send individual shapefiles/KMZ files for each burn. That’s it; we’ll take everything else from there!
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We are accepting the last four years of data as follows:

• July 2015 through June 2016
• July 2016 through June 2017
• July 2017 through June 2018
• July 2018 through June 2019