Prescribed Fire Sample Clauses

Prescribed Fire. In the fall (i.e., mid-August through November), prescribed xxxxx may be performed to discourage woody plant growth, remove accumulated leaf litter and duff, and encourage the spread of native prairie grasses and forbs. An annual burn unit (ABU) will be determined based on the individual site conditions and population sizes. Prescribed fire may be used to manage prairie habitats on the enrolled property each year, but the area that may be burned in any one year is limited on sites occupied by Fender’s blue butterfly and Xxxxxx’x xxxxxxx-xxxxxx, as described below. A vegetative buffer (generally 15-m [50-feet] wide) and erosion control measures will be maintained along any adjacent watercourse as needed to avoid the risk of potential impacts to listed fish. The ABU for sites supporting 100 or more adult Fender’s blue butterflies may be a maximum of one-third of the occupied habitat. The ABU for sites with fewer than 100 adult Fender’s blue butterflies may be up to a maximum of one-fourth of the occupied habitat. No more than half of any area occupied by Xxxxxx’x xxxxxxx- xxxxxx may be burned, because this species may not have completely senesced in the fall when prescribed xxxxx are implemented. The center of the ABU will be within 100 m (328 feet) of unburned occupied habitat, which can serve as a recolonization source. Once burned, a unit will not be re-burned for at least 3 years so that butterfly or plant populations may rebuild. The use of fire for habitat maintenance inherently increases the risk of accidentally impacting more habitat than originally intended. The responsible Parties will plan to burn approximately 5 percent less than the annual maximum so that the maximum allowable ABU will not be exceeded. Large woody plants will be removed before burning to reduce fuel loads if feasible. Ignition of burn areas will be by hand using propane, fuses, or drip torches. Pre-burn hose lays, wet-lining, or fire retardant foam will be used to control and suppress fires. However, fire retardant chemicals will be used sparingly near listed plant and butterfly populations, and will typically not be used where they could enter a watercourse (generally no closer to water than 40 m [131 feet]). Prescribed xxxxx will be conducted in a manner consistent with state and local smoke management regulations. Vehicles will not be operated in areas where listed species occur. Additionally, where patch size allows, butterfly refugia within burn units will be protected with...

Prescribed Fire. Any fire intentionally ignited by management actions in accordance with applicable laws, policies, and regulations to meet specific objectives.

Prescribed Fire. To use prescribed fire as an ecological management tool in compliance with state and other applicable laws.

Prescribed Fire use of prescribed burning to control herbaceous and woody surface vegetation and installation of fore breaks without disturbance of soil below the lowest levels of previous disturbance.

Prescribed Fire. Prescribed fire is a fire burning in wildland fuels according to a planned prescription and confined within planned boundaries for the purpose of achieving specific objectives of resource management. (Prescribed burning is the practice of prescribed fire use.)

Prescribed Fire. The NRCC Center Manager has been delegated the authority to support and move resources within the NRGA and between other geographic areas in support of prescribed fire needs.

Prescribed Fire. 1. Provide staffing to support prescribed fire operations. 2. Make prescribed fire notifications of other agencies, dispatch centers, etc. as requested. 3. As requested, locate and identify contingency resources for prescribed xxxxx. Track status of contingency resources and notify burn bosses of any changes in status or availability. 4. Accepts and fills resources orders for non-local resources on prescribed fire projects.

Prescribed Fire. ADCNR-WFF can enroll a landowner under a SHMA if the landowner agrees to maintain or increase the use of prescribed fire under any of the following circumstances once the property is enrolled: a) by conducting prescribed fires on a regular or recurring basis within the occupied RCW habitat areas of the property and continuing to maintain or enhance the areas through the use of such fires. These actions will provide an immediate net conservation benefit to RCWs. b) by conducting prescribed fires on a regular or recurring basis within those areas of the property that are potentially suitable nesting or foraging habitat in order to restore or enhance the areas as RCW habitat. This action will provide an immediate net conservation benefit to RCWs. c) by conducting prescribed fires on a regular or recurring basis in areas of the property that are unsuitable RCW habitat for a period of time sufficient for the areas either to become occupied by RCWs or to become potentially suitable nesting or foraging habitat for RCWs. The net conservation benefit from this action will not be achieved until the areas where the prescribed fires were conducted either become occupied by RCWs or become potentially suitable nesting or foraging habitat. Under this action, a landowner might be required to implement other conservation measures, such as a forest management strategy, to achieve a net conservation benefit for RCWs.

Prescribed Fire. In some areas within the RRWA, low intensity prescribed burning would reduce surface fuels and stimulate the understory. Areas where prescribed burning is likely to occur would be in the Crum, Mills, Swakane, Tenas Gorge, XxXxxxxxx, and Xxxxxxx canyons, or Oklahoma Gulch.

Prescribed Fire. The CGF will provide MCC a copy of signed burn plans. When a prescribed fire is declared a wildfire, the BLM and CNF will collaborate and manage the suppression response. The jurisdictional agency, with assistance from the protection agency, will assume the lead for development of the WFDSS.