The 2008 Joint Meeting of the Society for Range Management and the America Forage and Grassland Council. |
Thursday, January 31, 2008 - 9:40 AM
Post-Fire Land Management in Mohave and Mohave Transitional Communities
Karen L. Prentice, Emergency Stabilization and Rehabilitation Coordinator, Bureau of Land Management, Ely Field Office, HC 33 Box 33500, Ely, NV 89301
Selection of post-fire land management techniques in Mohave and Mohave transitional communities is difficult because there is incomplete knowledge of the role and frequency of fire in these communities, there is a lack of agreement about the spatial and temporal response of Mohave and Mohave transitional communities to fire, fires cross numerous management and policy boundaries, and timelines imposed by funding opportunities may not match ecological realities. Recent extreme events have punctuated interest in these topics. During the summers of 2005 and 2006, more than 1 million acres of burns occurred in these communities across the southwestern states. Successful management of these landscapes requires building bridges between internal and external cooperators, a regional perspective that crosses political and agency boundaries, the use of multiple funding streams, the availability of supplies such as seed; technical knowledge, and rain. This presentation will provide an overview of on-going efforts in the eastern Mohave and Mohave transitional communities.