Last week's Earth Science Update (ESU) describing how NASA satellites are assisting with fire management included Goddard's Dr. Vince Salomonson, MODIS science team lead and Meteorologist, Dr. J. Marshall Shepherd received good media play with 40 stories airing on national, cable and local stations during the past week, including the CBS Evening News, MSNBC and CNN's weekend science show Next. In addition, numerous feature articles on the ESU were published in the New York Times, Florida Today and Environment News Service and other print media.