IMPLEMENTATION TOOLS
Hazardous Fuels Treatment
This page provides users with a brief description of the tool selection guide
for identifying the appropriate tool or instrument for their hazardous fuel treatment
project.
Since inception of the National Fire Plan and the
passage of subsequent legislation, millions of dollars have become available
for fuel reduction projects. The Healthy Forests Initiative and the Healthy
Forest Restoration Act (HFI/HFRA) are part of a comprehensive strategy to
collaboratively approach reducing wildland fire risks to communities and
the environment. Since the need to reduce hazardous fuels does not stop
at boundaries between public and private lands, the partnerships to accomplish
these treatments come in every combination imaginable. Projects may consist
of little or no FS involvement to substantial involvement while working
with partners on FS lands or providing assistance on non-FS land. The following
Implementation Tools provide various mechanisms to accomplish work with
our partners while efficiently utilizing limited time, energy and resources.
Tool Selection Guide
This tool selection guide will help you determine
which is the appropriate authority or instrument to accomplish
your project.
The graphic choice pulls up a PDF colored
diagram illustrating all of the types of Hazardous Fuels treatments
on one page. Different types of treatments are highlighted in colors
relating to the 5
questions described on the first page of the Implementation
Tools. The text outline format prompts the user with the same
information, while providing more detailed information than the
graphic.
At the end, both formats include references
to authorities, instruments (either contracts, agreements, or grants)
templates, instrument examples, as well as contact information.
Many hazardous fuels projects are being delivered
through the states via the Forest Service (FS) State and Private
Forestry (S&PF) Branch, which has unique authorities specific
to working with states and local communities. Because the states
all have their own required processes, rules and regulations, links
are provided to each appropriate state’s contact information,
instead of attaching each state’s specific templates.
- Graphic [
one page PDF document, 24 KB, best printed and
used as a visual reference ]
OR
- Text Outline [ detailed
web page ]
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