Grand Canyon National Park N P Fire Management Plan

National parks played a unique role in the development of wildfire management on American public lands. With a different mission and powerful meaning to the public, the national parks were a psychic battleground for the contests between fire suppression and its use as a management tool. Blazing Heritage tells how the national parks shaped federal fire management.

Excerpt from Fire Management Plan: Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks Management fires, including both fires of natural origin and prescribed burns, are those fires which contribute to the attainment of the management objectives of a park through execution of predetermined prescriptions defined in detail in a portion of the approved Resources Management Plan. Natural fire is the preferred means to achieve the prescriptions in natural zones. This use of natural ignition may be adopted when analysis of historic fire occurrence, control, and influence indicates that natural fuel loading has not been significantly altered by past management of fire control. It may also be used where the prescription provides for a transition from an altered state back to historic fuel loading. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Outlines a procedure for fire management planning for parks; wilderness areas; and other wild, natural, or essentially undeveloped areas. Discusses background and philosophy of wilderness fire management, planning concepts, planning elements, and planning methods.