  The KPNO International Spectroscopic Survey (KISS) is a wide-field survey for
extragalactic emission-line objects being carried out with the Burrell Schmidt
at Kitt Peak. The critical difference between this survey and classical
objective-prism surveys for active galaxies is the use of a CCD detector which
allows us to probe to much fainter magnitudes than previous photographic
surveys. We have discovered 1126 emission-line galaxy (ELG) candidates in our
H-alpha selected survey area of ~68 square degrees. We have used these ELGs to
derive the local H-alpha luminosity density and the star formation rate density
of the local universe and find values somewhat higher than those reported by
Gallego et al.
