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Everglades National Park
Fire Management
 
Fire management in Everglades National Park combines fire operations, prescribed fire and fire ecology in order to maintain fire in the natural ecosystems while adequately considering impacts upon nearby human population centers as well as threatened and endangered species habitat.  The plans and actions of the Everglades Fire Management staff are guided by the Fire Management Plan.
A Historical Perspective of Fire Management in the Everglades
A Historical Perspective
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Fire as an Ecosystem Management Tool
Using Fire
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Prescribed Fire in Everglades National Park  

Did You Know?
On April 21, 1958, Everglades National Park conducted the first prescribed fire for ecological management in both the Park and the National Park Service. This burn pioneered using fire as a resource management tool nationwide.

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Last Updated: April 23, 2009 at 09:44 EST