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3. Planning Influences environment at great risk for fire due to unnaturally dense, diseased, or dying forests. The newest implementation plan, completed in December 2006, builds upon the original strategy and is a long-term commitment based on cooperation and communication among federal agencies, states, local governments, tribes, and interested members of the public. Congress also called on the secretaries to work collaboratively and cooperatively with governors in the development of this strategy and as full partners in planning, decision making, and implementation. This resulting strategy has been developed by federal, state, tribal, and local government and nongovernmental representatives for the purpose of improving the management of wildland fire and hazardous fuels, as well as meeting the need for ecosystem restoration and rehabilitation in the United States on federal and adjacent state, tribal, and private forest and range lands. In addition, this strategy outlines a new collaborative framework to facilitate implementation of proactive and protective measures that are appropriate to reduce the risk of wildland fire to communities and the environments. Meeting the objectives of the strategy requires a coordinated effort across landscapes to restore and maintain the health of fire-prone ecosystems. This strategy recognizes the importance of suppressing fires, especially those near homes and communities, but there needs to be a continued shift in fire management emphasis from a reactive to a proactive approach. This new approach allows a more active collaboration between the fire management organizations and communities. The purpose of a long-term strategy for reducing wildland fire risks to communities and the environment is meant, in part, to correct problems associated with the long-term disruption in natural fire cycles. This disruption has increased the risk of severe wildland fires on some fire-prone ecosystems. The introduction of now-pervasive invasive species has also increased the wildland fire threat. At the same time, communities have grown into the forests and range lands, increasing the risk to people, their homes, and water supplies. The following core principles are overarching for all goals: • Collaboration—facilitating a collaborative approach at the local, regional, and national levels • Planning • Prioritizing actions and implementation responsibilities • Timely decision making, particularly for implementing projects and activities • Tracking performance, monitoring, and ensuring that activities are consistent with relevant science and new information • Communicating to the public the goals, tasks, and outcomes of the 10- Year Strategy and Implementation Plan The goals of the updated 10-Year Comprehensive Strategy are to (1) improve fire prevention and suppression, (2) reduce hazardous fuels, (3) restore fire adapted ecosystems, (4) implement post-fire recovery of fire-adapted ecosystems and (5) promote community assistance. 3-8 San Luis Reservoir SRA Draft RMP/GP and Draft EIS/EIR
3. Planning Influences 3.2.5 Cal Fire Vegetation Management Program The Cal Fire Vegetation Management Program is a cost-sharing program that focuses on the use of prescribed burns and mechanical means for addressing wildland fire fuel hazards and other resource management issues on State Responsibility Area lands. 3.3 Regional Planning Influences The following local and regional plans will have an influence on plan implementation and should be consulted for guidance during detailed design and development of Plan Area components: • General, Specific, and Community Plans − Merced County Year 2000 General Plan − Santa Nella Community Specific Plan − City of Los Banos General Plan 2030 − The Villages of Laguna San Luis Community Plan − Fox Hills Community Specific Plan Update − MCAG Draft Regional Housing Needs Plan • Water Resource Plans − Central Valley Region Water Quality Control Plan (Basin Plan) − San Luis Reservoir Low Point Improvement Study and 2008 Notice of Intent/Preparation − B.F. Sisk (San Luis) Dam Safety of Dams Project • Transportation Plans − MCAG Regional Transportation Plan − Merced County’s 20-Year Transportation Expenditure Plan − Caltrans District 10 State Route 152 Transportation Concept Report − SR 152 Trade Corridor Project − California High-Speed Train Program EIS/EIR • Renewable Energy Projects − San Luis Renewable Resource Project − Quinto Solar Photovoltaic Project − Other Projects 3.3.1 Merced County Year 2000 General Plan The Plan Area is located within Merced County, which has approved several major new towns within the immediate vicinity. Regional planning efforts envision new town development providing housing for commuters using State Route (SR) 152 to access jobs in Santa Clara County. The Merced County General Plan was last updated in 1990 and covers physical growth and development through 2000. In the spring of 2006, Merced County began a threeyear process to update the General Plan. Merced County completed the process of formulating alternatives for the plan and released the Planning Commission San Luis Reservoir SRA 3-9 Draft RMP/GP and Draft EIS/EIR
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