Devils Postpile National Monument Fire Management Plan Update Environmental Assessment

Devils Postpile National Monument Fire Management Plan Update Environmental Assessment

The National Park Service proposed an update to the Devils Postpile National Monument Fire Management Plan and assess two plan alternatives in this EA. The no-action alternative continues the strategy adopted in 2005 permitting fuel reduction actions only in the 15% of the monument that is not federally-designated wilderness. Alternative B, the preferred alternative, would update the 2005 FMP to bring it into conformance with current federal wildland fire management policy that ensures the full range of strategic and tactical options be available and considered in the response to every wildland fire. Alternative B would allow for fuel management using prescribed burning and manual fuel reduction throughout the 800-acre monument and management of wildlife for multiple objectives.

Madera

Air Resources Board, Transportation Projects, Cal Fire, California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Department of Water Resources, Office of Emergency Services, California, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water

Other (fire management plan)

fire management

Aesthetics, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Recreation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire, wilderness character