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The
NPS Fire Ecology Program has developed over many years.
While work was identified as the program evolved, a
plan was needed to define an overall program vision
and mission and to clearly define and prioritize the
work of the program. With an increasing demand for information
and assistance, the Fire Ecology Program needed a way
to determine where best to focus its efforts to carry
out the most important work to support the NPS in a
timely, effective way. The Strategic Plan organizes
the work of the Fire Ecology Program in a comprehensive,
logical manner to define the scope of the program, establish
goals and objectives to drive the program, outline strategies
for achieving the objectives, and develop action plans
for accomplishing the strategies.
Vision
The
National Park Service Fire Ecology Program ensures that
the most current science-based information is integrated
into fire and land management goals, decisions and practices.
Cooperative efforts help protect, restore, and maintain
diverse landscapes where the role of fire is understood
and accepted as a fundamental cultural and ecological
force.
Mission Statement
The
mission of the National Park Service Fire Ecology Program
is to apply fire ecology to guide fire and land management:
- Supporting land management decisions
and practices with science-based expertise
- Providing leadership and innovation
in the fire ecology community
- Articulating ecologically sound
objectives to strengthen and facilitate the land management
planning process
- Promoting a widely communicated
and easily accessible knowledge base
- Facilitating coordination between
wildland fire and other resource management programs.
Fire Ecology Strategic Plan: 2004-2008
The Strategic Plan is designed to provide programmatic direction by clearly articulating the NPS Fire Ecology Program’s mission and linking that mission to long-term goals, objectives, and more specific strategies.
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