Prescribed Fire Sample Clauses
The Prescribed Fire clause establishes the terms and conditions under which controlled burns may be conducted on a property. It typically outlines the responsibilities of the parties involved, the necessary permits or approvals, and the safety measures that must be followed during the burn. For example, it may specify who is authorized to ignite the fire, the weather conditions required, and notification procedures for neighbors or authorities. The core function of this clause is to manage risk and liability associated with prescribed burns, ensuring that such activities are carried out safely and in compliance with legal requirements.
Prescribed Fire. In the fall (i.e. September through November), prescribed burns may be performed to discourage woody plant growth, remove accumulated leaf litter and duff, and encourage the spread of native prairie grasses and forbs. The annual burn unit (ABU) will be determined based on the individual site conditions and population sizes. The ABU for sites supporting 100 or more adult Fender’s blue butterflies may be a maximum of 33 percent of the occupied habitat. The ABU for sites with less than 100 adult Fender’s may be a maximum of 25 percent of the occupied habitat. The center of the ABU will be within 100 m of unburned occupied habitat, which can serve as a recolonization source. Once burned, a unit will not be re-burned for at least three years, to allow butterfly populations to rebuild. The use of fire for habitat maintenance inherently increases the risk of accidentally impacting more habitat than originally intended. In order to ensure the maximum allowable ABU will not be exceeded, Cooperators will plan to burn approximately five percent less than the annual maximum. In order to reduce the potential fuel load, the removal of large woody plants will occur prior to burning, when feasible. Ignition of burn areas will be by hand, using propane, fusees, or drip torches. Fire control/suppression will be accomplished with the use of pre-burn hose lays, wet- lining, or fire retardant foam. Prescribed burns will be conducted in a manner consistent with state and local smoke management regulations. Vehicles would not be operated in the areas of listed species. Additionally, where patch size allows, butterfly refugia within burn units will be protected with a fire break and/or watering down prior to a burn. When using controlled fire as a management technique, additional consideration of subsequent annual treatments for the ABU will be necessary. The year following a burn, management of that unit will be limited to manual techniques and herbicide applications. Additionally, during a burn year, management activities will also be limited for adjacent units of the site. Mowing will not occur on a site that is scheduled to be burned, in order to limit the maximum affected area to approximately 33 percent of the site. Future research efforts may include studies on Fender’s blue butterfly individuals, in order to assess the potential for reintroducing the species to historic sites that no longer support a viable population. For instance, to determine if captive rearing is a po...
Prescribed Fire. Any fire intentionally ignited by management actions in accordance with applicable laws, policies, and regulations to meet specific objectives.
Prescribed Fire. Prescribed fire is a fire burning in wildland fuels according to a planned prescription and confined within planned boundaries for the purpose of achieving specific objectives of resource management. (Prescribed burning is the practice of prescribed fire use.)
Prescribed Fire. To use prescribed fire as an ecological management tool in compliance with state and other applicable laws.
Prescribed Fire. The NRCC Center Manager has been delegated the authority to support and move resources within the NRGA and between other geographic areas in support of prescribed fire needs.
Prescribed Fire use of prescribed burning to control herbaceous and woody surface vegetation and installation of fore breaks without disturbance of soil below the lowest levels of previous disturbance.
Prescribed Fire. 1. Provide staffing to support prescribed fire operations.
2. Make prescribed fire notifications of other agencies, dispatch centers, etc. as requested.
3. As requested, locate and identify contingency resources for prescribed ▇▇▇▇▇. Track status of contingency resources and notify burn bosses of any changes in status or availability.
4. Accepts and fills resources orders for non-local resources on prescribed fire projects.
Prescribed Fire. ADCNR-WFF can enroll a landowner under a SHMA if the landowner agrees to maintain or increase the use of prescribed fire under any of the following circumstances once the property is enrolled:
a) by conducting prescribed fires on a regular or recurring basis within the occupied RCW habitat areas of the property and continuing to maintain or enhance the areas through the use of such fires. These actions will provide an immediate net conservation benefit to RCWs.
b) by conducting prescribed fires on a regular or recurring basis within those areas of the property that are potentially suitable nesting or foraging habitat in order to restore or enhance the areas as RCW habitat. This action will provide an immediate net conservation benefit to RCWs.
c) by conducting prescribed fires on a regular or recurring basis in areas of the property that are unsuitable RCW habitat for a period of time sufficient for the areas either to become occupied by RCWs or to become potentially suitable nesting or foraging habitat for RCWs. The net conservation benefit from this action will not be achieved until the areas where the prescribed fires were conducted either become occupied by RCWs or become potentially suitable nesting or foraging habitat. Under this action, a landowner might be required to implement other conservation measures, such as a forest management strategy, to achieve a net conservation benefit for RCWs.
Prescribed Fire. In some areas within the RRWA, low intensity prescribed burning would reduce surface fuels and stimulate the understory. Areas where prescribed burning is likely to occur would be in the Crum, Mills, Swakane, Tenas Gorge, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ canyons, or Oklahoma Gulch.
Prescribed Fire. Fire is a natural process that occurs in many natural communities, including fens and other vegetation types occupied by EMR (Spieles et al. 1999). Fire in fens and savannas serves to keep the vegetation open, reduce shrub and tree cover, reduce surface cover and encourage germination and reproduction of many plant species. Prescribed fire will be allowed in managed habitat even though it has the potential to kill individual snakes. At some managed sites, prescribed fire may be the preferred or only effective management treatment for invasive species or discouraging woody growth for the purpose of maintaining important habitat. The following guidelines will allow managers to enhance or increase suitability of EMR habitat while minimizing the potential loss of individual snakes. Heat from prescribed fire does not reach far into the soil. Therefore, burning during the inactive season is not expected to harm hibernating EMR. ▇▇▇▇▇ et al. (2001) observed that snakes exposed to low intensity fire were more likely to survive than those exposed to high intensity fires. Mortality from prescribed fire is possible, even when steps are taken to reduce that mortality (Durbian 2006, Cross 2009), but the impacts of fires likely vary with other threats, snake population size, fire intensity, and fire frequency. Snakes and other reptiles may move from the burn unit, but in order to provide them more time and potential refuges these guidelines include recommendations to decrease rate of spread and intensity. Rattlesnakes have been known to seek subterranean refuges and may survive less intense fires (▇▇▇▇▇ et al. 2001). Prescribed fire promotes dynamic changes in the landscape that set back succession, improve EMR habitat, and may be beneficial to EMR populations in the long run. The impacts from prescribed fire on EMR populations are uncertain and, therefore, will be evaluated for its positive and negative effects to EMR populations and habitat (See Section 10). The following guidelines will be observed when using prescribed fire to increase habitat suitability for rattlesnakes.
1. Burning in managed EMR habitat when snakes are inactive or not emergent is unrestricted except when current conditions could possibly result in snake emergence. If available, use a Snake Emergence Prediction Model (SEPM). If the model predicts that snakes may be emergent, burning will be conducted according to the protocols described below. If the model predicts snakes are not active, then bu...