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Consultation/Coordination List of Tables List of Figures Agencies/Organizations/Persons Contacted Allen Biller, Fire Management Officer, Shenandoah National Park, Luray, Virginia Tim Blumenschine, Biologist, Petersburg National Battlefield, National Park Service, Petersburg Virginia Richard Easterbrook, GIS Specialist, Petersburg National Battlefield, National Park Service, Petersburg, Virginia Paul Head, Fire Management Officer, Northeast Region, Boston, Massachusetts Bob Kirby, Superintendent, Petersburg National Battlefield, National Park Service, Petersburg, Virginia Richard Reuse, Forester, Virginia Department of Forestry, Chesterfield, Virginia Dave Shockley, Resource Management Specialist, Petersburg National Battlefield, National Park Service, Petersburg, Virginia Douglas Wallner, Prescribed Fire Specialist, Northeast Region U.S. National Park Service, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Kelly Ann Gorman, Fire Ecologist, Shenandoah National Park, Mountains-to-the-Sea Parks. Jacki Katzmire, Environmental Coordinator, National Park Service, Northeast Region, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Preparers Douglas G. Raeburn, Raeburn Environmental Services, Luray, Virginia List of Recipients Federal Agencies Fort Lee Environmental Office, Fort Lee, VA United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Virginia Field Office, Gloucester, VA State Agencies Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Environmental Review (18 state agencies), Richmond, VA Department of Historic Resources, Richmond, VA LIST OF TABLES Table 1 Summary Comparison of Impacts Firefighter and Public Safety Air Quality Cultural Resources (a) Cultural Resources (b) Vegetation Adjacent Communities and Landowners Wildlife Soils Floodplains and Wetlands Threatened and Endangered Species PETE Fuels Treatment Projects The Draft 5-Year Plans that follow are intended to provide for the maximum number of management-ignited prescribed fires and non-fire hazardous fuel reduction projects needed to achieve fuel reduction and resource/ cultural management objectives. The implementation of these projects according to the established schedule is highly problematical, primarily due to limitations on funding, adverse weather, etc. The results of fire effects monitoring will largely influence the decision to proceed with the proposed burning schedules. PETE Fuels Treatment Unit Designations: Proposed Non-Fire/Presecribed Fire Treatment Areas PETE Proposed Prescribed Fire/Non-Fire Fuel Treatment Units Alternatives II and III LIST OF FIGURES PETE Soil Maps Following is a listing, description, and map of each soil type that could potentially be impacted through activities identified in this EA. Soil types are listed by county and location in their respective Petersburg National Battlefield Management Unit.