Resources for prescribed fire are frequently insufficient to manage public lands for all conservation and resource management objectives, necessitating prioritization of the application of fire across the landscape within any given year. Defining tradeoffs when applying prescribed fire to large landscapes is problematic not only because of the complexity of weighing competing management objectives at the landscape scale, but also because of the difficult nature of independently applying need-to-burn criteria to large areas. We present a case study of a simple modeling process implemented at Eglin Air Force Base in the Florida Panhandle (U.S.A.) to prioritize the application of prescribed fire. In a workshop setting, managers and biologists identified key conservation criteria and landscape management objectives that drive the application of prescribed fire. Remote sensing and other spatial data were developed to directly or indirectly represent all these criteria. Using geographic information system software, managers and biologists weighted each criterion according to its relative contribution to overall burn prioritization, and individual values for the criterion were scored according to how they influence the need to burn. Subsequently, this process has been validated and modified through ecological monitoring. This modeling process has also been applied to the 77,400-ha Blackwater River State Forest, public land adjacent to Eglin Air Force Base, demonstrating its applicability to lands with varying management priorities. The advantages of this model-based approach for prioritizing prescribed fire include the reliance on accessible, inexpensive software, the development of spatially explicit management objectives, the ease of transferability, and clearly stated assumptions about management that may be tested and reviewed through monitoring and public comment. Herramienta Simple de Modelado Espacial para Priorizar Actividades de Quemas Prescritas al Nivel de PaisajeResumen: Los recursos para las quemas prescritas frecuentemente son insuficientes para manejar tierras públicas para todos los objetivos de conservación y gestión de recursos, por lo que se requiere priorizar la aplicación de fuego en el paisaje en un año determinado. La definición de ventajas y desventajas de la aplicación de fuego prescrito a paisajes extensos es problemática no solo debido a la complejidad para valorar objetivos de manejo contrastantes al nivel de escala, sino también debido a la compleja naturaleza de la aplicación independiente de criterios de "necesidad de quema" enáreas extensas. Presentamos un estudio de caso de un proceso simple de modelado instrumentado en la Base Aérea Eglin en Florida (E.U.A.) para priorizar la aplicación de fuego prescrito. En un taller, administradores y biólogos identificaron criterios de conservación claves y objetivos de gestión de paisaje que rigen la aplicación de fuego prescrito. Se desarrolló la percepción remota y otros datos espaciales para representar todos estos criterios directa o indirect...

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