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Planning for Wildland Fire Management
Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:04:10 CDTUSDA and the Department of the Interior have released two documents addressing the wildland fire management challenges across America. Together, these documents provide the framework for a three-phase, strategic effort to restore and maintain resilient landscapes, create fire-adapted communities, and respond to wildfires. The effort has been overseen by the Wildland Fire Leadership Council, an intergovernmental body of federal, state, tribal and municipal stakeholders.
The two documents address the wildfire challenges faced by fire and natural resource managers and the fire community at all levels, ranging from cost-effectiveness and risk to climate change. Regional strategies will be developed in the next phase, and a national trade-off analysis will be conducted in the final phase. This phased approach will enhance the ability to plan for, respond to, and recover from wildland fire incidents.
Department of Interior Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget, Rhea Suh, points out that wildland fire management is complex and involves a wide range of federal, state, local, tribal and non-governmental stakeholders and a key to success for this effort is its inclusiveness.
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