Fire Ecology Annual Report 2017 - Planning and Compliance

By Jennifer L. Barnes and Jennifer L. Hrobak

Planning and compliance plays a vital role in fire management.

Y. Matsui/NPS photo

The fire ecology program participates in planning activities for the Fire Management and Park Land Management Programs. Table 9 has a list of parks with fire management plans and the status for fire monitoring plans and Desired Future Conditions within the plans or other planning documents (http://www.nps.gov/policy/DOrders/draftDO2-1.html).

Table 9. Fire Management Plan - Fire Monitoring Plan Status as of 2017

Park	Does Park have writtedn Desired Future Conditions (DFCs)? (Yes or No)	Date Park-level Monitoring Plan completed (or revised)	Total # of Project or Community-level Monitoring Plans	Assisted with how many BAER plans in 2017?
Denali	Yes in RSS	Planned for 2018	4	0
Gates of the Arctic	Yes - Interim Fire Desired Conditions in FMP	2014	1	0
Katmai	Yes - Suggested Fire Desired Conditions in FMP	2012	0	0
Lake Clark	No - Fire Management Objectives in FMP	2010	1	0
Western Arctic National Parklands	Yes - Interim Fire Desired Conditions in FMP	2012	4	0
Wrangell-St. Elias	No - Fire Management Objectives in FMP	2010	5	0
Yukon-Charley Rivers	No - Fire Management Objectives in FMP	2010 (under revision for 2017-18)	2	0