Big Thicket National Preserve Fire Management Plan, 2004
McHugh DF. 2004. Big Thicket National Preserve Fire Management Plan, 2004
The primary objective of the fIre management program is to allow fIre to function in its naturalecological role (a goal of the 10 Year Plan), restore ecosystem balance (stand structure and diversity) of phyric communities, and manage hazardous fuels in the Urban Interface (a goal of the Cohesive Strategy) through the use ofprescribed fIre and mechanical treatments. Wildland fIre response is based on ecological, social, and legal consequences. The plan describes a range of appropriated management actions that are consistent with resource management objectives, public health issues, firefIghter and public safety, environmental laws and regulations, activities of the area, and is based upon the best available science. It incorporates mitigation, burned-area rehabilitation, hazardous fuel reduction, and restoration activities. It satisfIes Directors Order 18's requirement that all areas with vegetation capable of sustaining fire will develop a Fire Management Plan.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- McHugh, David
- Date of Issue
- 2004-09-13
- Units
- BITH
- Keywords
- Big Thicket National Preserve, BITH, Fire Management Plan