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Latest Library Content tagged with "National Fire Plan"

Land and Water Conservation Fund PDF

An overview of the Land & Water Conservation Fund — its origins and history, how it has been underfunded, and what can be done to restore it.

Wildland-Urban Interface Maps Vary with Purpose and Context PDF

Wildland-urban interface (WUI) are areas where structures and other human development meet or intermingle with undeveloped wildland. Maps of the WUI are both policy tools and powerful visual images. Although the growing number of WUI maps serve similar purposes, this article indicates that WUI maps derived from the same data sets can differ in important ways related to their original intended application.

Facts About FY 2009 Wildfire Budget PDF

Over the last five years, over $14 billion has been appropriated to the National Fire Plan (NFP). During this time of large federal deficits and increasing pressure to re-examine federal budget priorities, the question must be asked whether these taxpayer dollars have promoted safer communities and more resilient ecosystems. Suppression costs have skyrocketed of late, with the Forest Service's fire suppression costs exceeding $1 billion in five of the last seven years. These escalating costs threaten to consume the Forest Service's entire discretionary budget.

The Evolution of Wilderness Fire Policy PDF

This article gives a brief overview of the policy history of wilderness fire. For most of the century, fire was considered a universal threat to people, resources, and wildlands. Eventually, through the observations of foresters and research of scientists force the realization of the role of fire in sustaining species and maintaining the character of the ecosystems. However, the implementation of wildland fire use (WFU) is still limited due to various attitudinal, institutional and political barriers.

Following the Money: National Fire Plan Funding and Implementation PDF

Since its inception in 2000, The National Fire Plan (NFP) has allocated billions of dollars to the Forest Service for fire management. This report traces the path that NFP funds travel from the Forest Service headquarters in Washington, D.C. through its regional offices and on to individual forest districts. In doing so, it reveals the ways in which this agency’s budget and reporting structure lock it into counterproductive practices that actually hinder longer-term efforts to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildland fires.

The Wildland Fire Challenge: Protecting the Communities and Restoring Ecosystems PDF

In recent summers, large forest fires have burned millions of acres and hundreds of homes across western states where drought conditions prevail.  Alarmed elected officials agree that fuel loads in forests must be reduced to protect communities and restore ecosystems, but they disagree over where and how much.