The role of wildland fire in caribou ecology An Annotated Bibliography
important wintering area for the Western Arctic Caribou Herd. Abstract: Objective 2: Improve, maintain or enhance habitat diversity by managing naturally ignited wildfire. a. Complete vegetation mapping of the Buckland Valley Wildlife Habitat Area (WHA), that was initiated during Fiscal Year (FY) 82...
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| Summary: | important wintering area for the Western Arctic Caribou Herd. Abstract: Objective 2: Improve, maintain or enhance habitat diversity by managing naturally ignited wildfire. a. Complete vegetation mapping of the Buckland Valley Wildlife Habitat Area (WHA), that was initiated during Fiscal Year (FY) 82, by end of FY84. Rationale: At this time, the land cover on that portion of the WHA west of the Tagagawik River has been mapped from 1:60,000 scale color IR photos and ground truthed. Photo coverage of the remaining one-third of the area has been purchased by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). It will be necessary to complete this mapping effort to provide a fuels map for the fire management planning effort. b. Develop a fire management plan for the WHA by end of FY85. Rationale: A fire management plan, similar in intent to the Alaska Interagency Fire Management Plan for the Tanana/Minchumina Planning Area, will be developed by BLM, with input from ADF&G and adjacent land owners, for the WHA. This plan will allow BLM to select areas where natural fires will be allowed to burn when conditions are favorable. This action will reestablish a |
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