Sunday, March 10, 2013

Draft Wildland Fire Regional Action Plans submitted to the WFEC

Wildland Fire Executive Council (WFEC)

Draft Regional Action Plans Submitted to the WFEC

Draft Regional Action Plans for each of the Cohesive Strategy Regions - the Northeast, Southeast, and West - were submitted to the Wildland Fire Executive Council (WFEC) on March 5, 2013. The Action Plans were developed through a collaborative, intergovernmental, and public process. The Plans will be reviewed and considered for concurrence at the April 5, 2013, WFEC meeting.

DRAFT Northeast Regional Action Plan, March 2013 (PDF, 1.7 MB)
DRAFT Southeast Regional Action Plan, March 2013 (PDF, 1.4 MB)
DRAFT Western Regional Action Plan, March 2013 (PDF, 1.7 MB)

The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture established the Wildland Fire Executive Council (WFEC) to provide advice for coordinated national-level wildland fire leadership, direction, and program oversight in support of the Wildland Fire Leadership Council (WFLC).

The WFEC is established in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). Membership includes representatives from federal, tribal, state and local governments as well as non-governmental organizations. WFEC’s charter and current membership are available:

Wildland Fire Executive Council Charter (PDF, 795 KB)
Wildland Fire Executive Council Membership (March 7, 2013) (PDF, 73 KB)

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LeahSunday, March 10, 2013 2:37:00 PM
The Board of Foresty and the US Forest Service plan to use herbisides, bulldoze, and grind 38 million acres of California Chaparral is inane and just plain dumb. This would destroy California as we know it and kill small mammal, reptiles and everything the depends on this habitat. Do not let this happen. We need all the green we can get in the time of climate change. Save California's Chapparal for future generations.
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Sunday, March 10, 2013

Draft Wildland Fire Regional Action Plans submitted to the WFEC

Wildland Fire Executive Council (WFEC)

Draft Regional Action Plans Submitted to the WFEC

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