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	Fuels Reduction - 2004
		2003	2002	2001

Alabama Bankhead Rx Program PDF 98 KB
With additional National Fire Plan funding, the Bankhead National Forest’s prescribed burn program has increased treated acres by 500 percent since the late 1990s. These new funds helped resource managers restore native fire-dependent upland woodlands, reduce fuels, protect private inholdings, enhance wildlife habitat, and manage a better burn program on the ground.

Thompson Falls Prescribed Fire PDF 1.3 MB
In March, Forest Service crews under-burned a 43-acre wildland area on the southwest side of the Thompson Falls Administrative Site. Objectives included maintaining an old-growth stand by reducing ground and ladder fuels, improving big game browse species, and pruning the residual stand.

Lakeview Subdivision Fuels Projects Feature PDF 635 KB
The Carson City Fire Department and the Nevada Division of Forestry have been hard at work over the last two years on private and municipal property within the city limits of Carson City, Nevada, widening fuel breaks along roads and behind subdivisions. Of particular note was the work that was completed in the Lakeview subdivision.

Elkhorn-Jersey Prescribed Burn PDF 283 KB
The Nez Perce Forest's Red River Ranger District fire staff accomplished the 4,630-acre Elkhorn-Jersey prescribed burn in two days this spring. The burn was conducted in the Salmon River Canyon between Painter Bar and Mackay Bar in the mountainous area east of Grangeville, Idaho.

Slick Rock Fuel Break Helps Save Giant Sequoias PDF 194 KB
On August 17, the Deep Fire on the Sequoia National Forest was contained at 3,143 acres. Concerns were extremely high about this fire from the time it started; the fire threatened several communities and had the potential to burn through groves of Giant Sequoias. A key factor in containment was the strategic fuel treatments completed in 1999, 2000, and 2001 -- paid for in part with NFP funds.

Fuels Reduction Helps Save Lakeview Subdivision PDF 169 KB
The Waterfall Fire in Nevada started July 14 as an escaped campfire. Fire danger indices were at all-time record highs. When the fire reached the Lakeview subdivision, firefighters were able to burn out from behind the homes to prevent a major run into the homes. Because heavy brush and timber had been cleared from the area, the wildfire's intensity was greatly reduced, and firefighters were able to safely defend the homes.

Hazard Fuels Reduction on the Lolo PDF 1.4 MB
Lolo National Forest personnel in May burned 80 acres of logging slash and undergrowth near Missoula, Montana. The National Forest lands are wedged between private land parcels and tribal lands owned by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. This project was funded by the National Fire Plan.

Old Mammoth Fuels Project PDF 62 KB
Residents in the Old Mammoth area of Mammoth Lakes, California, completed a neighborhood fuels reduction project in June, the first project of the Mammoth Lakes FireSafe Council.

Casner Prescribed Fire Project PDF 690 KB
The Casner prescribed fire project, funded by the National Fire Plan, on the Idaho City District of the Boise National Forest, burned 500 acres of south-facing forest at low intensity to reduce fuel loads, reduce the risk of severe wildfire, and restore fire as a natural process in the landscape.

Eagar Biomass Project PDF 594 KB
There is a new power plant in eastern Arizona that doesn’t use traditional fuels to generate electricity. The Eagar Biomass Project in Eagar produces enough power to service up to 3,000 homes and businesses.

Lime Creek Prescribed Fire Project PDF 279 KB
Funded by the National Fire plan, fire managers on the Mountain Home Ranger District of the Boise National Forest and the Fairfield Ranger District of the Sawtooth National Forest burned nearly 2,700 acres last October to enhance aspen growth.

Bighorn National Forest PDF 173 KB

BLM Folsom Field Office PDF 67 KB
A variety of fuels treatment activities and education opportunities help California residents in the wildland/urban interface become fire-safe.

BLM Winnemucca Field Office PDF 25 KB
Fuel breaks along some major highways in Nevada proved a big help in keeping wildfires small.

Bull Hill Project PDF 26 KB
Treatment of grass and shrubs in northwest Colorado reduced flammable fuels available to the Maverick Fire in July 2003.

Chadron Creek Hazardous Fuels Project PDF 391 KB

Crystal Lakes Hazardous Fuels Reduction PDF 73 KB

Forest Creek Project PDF 32 KB
Fuels treatment on BLM lands helped slow the spread of a wildland fire that began on private land in July 2002.

Goose Island Campground PDF 25 KB
Fuels reduction work helped save a BLM campground from a rapidly spreading wildland fire.

Hazardous Fuels Reduction Projects through FireSafe Council PDF 422 KB

Independence Fuelbreak PDF 372 KB

Maine - Enhancing Preparedness to Reduce Fire Risk PDF 95 KB

Minnesota - Andover Fuels Mitigation PDF 79 KB
National Fire Plan grant funding helps fund fuels treatment activities in fire-prone pine stands.

Missouri - Reducing Fire Risk and Damage in the Wildland/Urban Interface Around Large Reservoirs PDF 140 KB

Mt. Shasta Interface Project - Shasta McCloud Management Unit
PDF 126 KB

Pelona Mountain PDF 25 KB
Prescribed fires near Pelona Mountain helped reduce fire intensity and impacts of the Chance Fire.

Pine Valley Fuels Reduction Project PDF 176 KB

Plumas County FireSafe Council PDF 166 KB

Rio Grande National Forest PDF 92 KB

Scapegoat Wilderness Prescribed Burn PDF 136 KB
The Rocky Mountain District of the Lewis and Clark NF implemented the South Fork Sun River prescribed burn, a project in the planning and coordination stages for over 8 years. The project in the Scapegoat Wilderness west of Augusta, Montana, will ultimately encompass 16,500 acres.

Shoshone National Forest PDF 521 KB

Southeastern Massachusetts Fuels Program PDF 91 KB
Prescribed fire and mechanical treatments used to reduce hazardous fuels and improve fuel breaks in wildland/urban interface areas.

Sunday Knob Fuel Management Zone - Yolla Bolla Ranger District PDF 932 KB

Tar Flat Prescribed Burn - Upper Lake Ranger District PDF 126 KB

White River National Forest PDF 118 KB