will be applied in Alaska, where numerous species depend on fire and where many naturally occurring, landscape-scale fires are allowed to burn if they do not threaten life or property. In the absence of specific guidelines regarding fire management and climate change, fire management planning will continue to be based on guidance provided in refuge CCPs and associated step-down plans, ANILCA, and evolving scientific data. Activities will be coordinated with Landscape Conservation Cooperatives and the regional Inventory and Monitoring Program when appropriate. Monitoring of fire effects and participation in research efforts will better inform management decisions in the face of climate change. 2.0 POLICY, LAND MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND PARTNERSHIPS 2.1 Federal Interagency Wildland Fire Policy This FMP meets the Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy by implementing and following these guiding principles: Firefighter and public safety is the first priority in every fire management activity. The role of wildland fire as an essential ecological process and natural change agent has been incorporated into the planning process. Federal agency land and resource management plans set the objectives for the use and desired future condition of the various public lands. Fire management plans, programs, and activities support land and resource management plans and their implementation. Sound risk management is a foundation for all fire management activities. Risks and uncertainties relating to fire management activities must be understood, analyzed, communicated, and managed as they relate to the cost of either doing or not doing an activity. Fire management programs and activities are economically viable, based upon values to be protected, costs, and land and resource management objectives. Fire management plans and activities are based upon the best available science. Fire management plans and activities incorporate public health and environmental quality considerations. Federal, State, tribal, local, interagency, and international coordination and cooperation are essential. Standardization of policies and procedures among federal agencies is an ongoing objective. In addition, the following guidelines from Guidance for Implementation of Federal Wildland are considered in order to provide consistent Fire Management Policy (February 2009) implementation of federal wildland fire policy: Wildland fire management agencies will use common standards for all aspects of their fire management programs to facilitate effective collaboration among cooperating agencies.
will be applied in Alaska, where numerous species depend on fire and where many naturally occurring, landscape-scale fires are allowed to burn if they do not threaten life or property. In the absence of specific guidelines regarding fire management and climate change, fire management planning will continue to be based on guidance provided in refuge CCPs and associated step-down plans, ANILCA, and evolving scientific data. Activities will be coordinated with Landscape Conservation Cooperatives and the regional Inventory and Monitoring Program when appropriate. Monitoring of fire effects and participation in research efforts will better inform management decisions in the face of climate change. 2.0 POLICY, LAND MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND PARTNERSHIPS 2.1 Federal Interagency Wildland Fire Policy This FMP meets the Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy by implementing and following these guiding principles: Firefighter and public safety is the first priority in every fire management activity. The role of wildland fire as an essential ecological process and natural change agent has been incorporated into the planning process. Federal agency land and resource management plans set the objectives for the use and desired future condition of the various public lands. Fire management plans, programs, and activities support land and resource management plans and their implementation. Sound risk management is a foundation for all fire management activities. Risks and uncertainties relating to fire management activities must be understood, analyzed, communicated, and managed as they relate to the cost of either doing or not doing an activity. Fire management programs and activities are economically viable, based upon values to be protected, costs, and land and resource management objectives. Fire management plans and activities are based upon the best available science. Fire management plans and activities incorporate public health and environmental quality considerations. Federal, State, tribal, local, interagency, and international coordination and cooperation are essential. Standardization of policies and procedures among federal agencies is an ongoing objective. In addition, the following guidelines from Guidance for Implementation of Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy (February 2009) are considered in order to provide consistent implementation of federal wildland fire policy: Wildland fire management agencies will use common standards for all aspects of their fire management programs to facilitate effective collaboration among cooperating agencies.