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Guadalupe Mountains National Park Fire Management Plan Guadalupe Mountains National Park Fire Management Plan Table of Contents Chapter I. Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 1 Chapter II. Land Management Planning and Fire Policy .................................................................. 5 Management Policies Statements ................................................................................................. 5 Legislative Mandates .................................................................................................................... 5 Meeting General Management Plan and Resource Management Plan Objectives ....................... 6 Chapter III. Wildland Fire Management Strategies ........................................................................... 7 Fire Management Plan Goals and Objectives ............................................................................... 7 Wildland Fire Management Options ............................................................................................ 8 Physical and Biotic Characteristics .............................................................................................. 9 Historic Role of Fire in Park Ecosystems ................................................................................... 14 Fire Management Units .............................................................................................................. 17 Chapter IV. Wildland Fire Management Program Components .................................................... 25 General Implementation Procedures ........................................................................................... 25 Wildland Fire Suppression ......................................................................................................... 25 Wildland Fire For Resource Benefits ......................................................................................... 42 Prescribed Fire ............................................................................................................................ 48 Air Quality and Smoke Management ......................................................................................... 55 Non-Fire Fuel Treatment Applications ....................................................................................... 56 Emergency Rehabilitation and Restoration ................................................................................ 56 Chapter V. Organizational and Budgetary Parameters ................................................................... 57 Fire Organization ........................................................................................................................ 57 FIREPRO Funding...................................................................................................................... 61 Fire Management Teams and Their Responsibilities ................................................................. 61 Interagency Coordination ........................................................................................................... 62 Chapter VI. Monitoring and Evaluation ............................................................................................ 63 FMH Vegetation Plots ................................................................................................................ 63 Routine Monitoring .................................................................................................................... 63 Compliance Monitoring .............................................................................................................. 63 Cultural Resources Monitoring ................................................................................................... 64 Air Quality and Smoke Management ......................................................................................... 64 Chapter VII. Fire Research ................................................................................................................. 67 Fire History Studies .................................................................................................................... 67 Fire Research at Guadalupe Mountains National Park ............................................................... 67 Fire Research Needs at Guadalupe Mountains National Park .................................................... 69 Chapter VIII. Public Safety and Information .................................................................................... 75 Goals and Objectives Relating to Public Safety and Information .............................................. 75 Public and Employee Safety ....................................................................................................... 75 Public Information and Education .............................................................................................. 76 Chapter IX. Protection of Sensitive Resources .................................................................................. 79 Cultural Resources ...................................................................................................................... 79 i Guadalupe Mountains National Park Fire Management Plan Sensitive Plants ........................................................................................................................... 85 Sensitive Animals ....................................................................................................................... 89 Unique Sites ................................................................................................................................ 91 Sensitive Developments .............................................................................................................. 91 Chapter X. Fire Critiques and Annual Review .................................................................................. 93 Incident Critiques ........................................................................................................................ 93 Program Reviews ........................................................................................................................ 93 Chapter XI. Consultation and Coordination ..................................................................................... 95 Preparers ..................................................................................................................................... 95 Literature Cited .................................................................................................................................... 97 List of Figures Figure I-1. Location of Guadalupe Mountains National Park ................................................................. 2 Figure I-2. General area overview ........................................................................................................... 3 Figure III-1. Distribution of Vegetation Types at Guadalupe Mountains National Park ...................... 13 Figure III-2. FMU 1 and Park Developments Requiring Protection ..................................................... 18 Figure III-3. FMU 2 Details .................................................................................................................. 22 Figure IV-1. Guadalupe Mountains National Park Fire History Map ................................................... 27 Figure IV-2. Fire size distribution at Guadalupe Mountains National Park .......................................... 28 Figure IV-3a. Bowl RAWS Burning Index ........................................................................................... 33 Figure IV-3b. Bowl RAWS Energy Release Component ..................................................................... 33 Figure IV-3c. Bowl RAWS 1000-hr Time-lag Fuel Moisture .............................................................. 34 Figure IV-4a. Pinery RAWS Burning Index ......................................................................................... 36 Figure IV-4b. Pinery RAWS Energy Release Component ................................................................... 36 Figure IV-4c. Pinery RAWS 1000-hr Time-lag Fuel Moisture ............................................................. 37 Figure IV-5. Multi-year Fuels Treatment Map (2004) .......................................................................... 53 Figure VI-1. FMH Plot Locations ......................................................................................................... 65 List of Tables Table III-1. Fuel Models and Fire Behavior in Seven Vegetation Types at Guadalupe Mountains National Park .................................................................................................................................. 21 Table IV-1. Preparedness Staffing Step Up Plan. .................................................................................. 29 Table IV-2. Annual temperature and precipitation averages for the Bowl RAWS ............................... 34 Table IV-3. Annual temperature and precipitation averages for the Pinery RAWS ............................. 37 Table IV-4. Annual temperature and precipitation averages for the PX Well RAWS. ......................... 38 Table IV-5. Southwest Area Preparedness Levels................................................................................. 39 Table IV-6. Wildland Fire For Resource Benefits Decision Criteria ...................................................
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