Land Management Plan - Part 2 Los Padres National Forest Strategy

Land Management Plan Part 2
Los Padres National Forest Strategy
September 2005
implemented throughout the national forest to achieve the objectives of protecting life, property
and natural resources. Maintain cooperative relationships vital to fire and fuels management
effectiveness. Maintain the suppression organization at 95 percent of the most efficient level or
higher, subject to annual funding (see also: Fire 1 - Fire Prevention; Fire 3 - Fire Suppression
Emphasis; and Fire 4 - Firefighter and Public Safety).
Prescribed burning treatment, Los
Padres NF.
Vegetative treatments will be strategically integrated to maximize community protection efforts
and minimize wildland fire size, while considering habitat needs. Annually review and
implement the national forest's five-year fuels strategy (see also: Fire 2 - Direct Community
Protection; Fire 5 - Fuelbreaks and Indirect Community Protection; and FH 3 - Restoration of
Forest Health).
Table 2.3.9. Fire and Aviation Management Performance Indicators, LPNF
Performance Indicator for Aviation and Fire
Management
Current
Level
Estimated Forest Capability and
Need
Acres of Hazardous Fuel Reduction 6,700 13,700
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