Saguaro National Park Fire Management Plan Environmental Impact statement
Craighead S, Fire CS, Schon K, et al. 2004. Saguaro National Park Fire Management Plan Environmental Impact statement. National Park Service. Saguaro National Park, Tucson AZ
This Saguaro National Park Fire Management Plan Environmental Impact Statement documents the analysis of two action alternatives and a no action alternative for a revised Saguaro Fire Management Plan. Revisions to the fire management program are needed to meet public safety and natural and cultural resource management objectives in Saguaro National Park. The action alternatives vary in their mix of treatments available to the program for accomplishing work. The No Action Alternative describes the existing fire management program. The program has been locally effective but has not been able to restore large areas of the park to natural, fire influenced conditions, nor has it been able to keep more of the park from needing restoration. As a result, the incidence of catastrophic fire has increased in recent decades.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Craighead, Sarah; Fire, Chuck; Schon, Kathy; et al
- Date of Issue
- 2004-09
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- SAGU
- Keywords
- fire hazard reduction, fuel accumulation, restoration, Saguaro National Park, vegetation encroachment, wildland fire management