BLM Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance Program Activities

Fuels Management Program activities represent strategic investments in managing vegetation through active management to reduce the intensity, severity or negative effects of wildfire. It provides cost-effective benefits to the American people, helps restore and maintain healthy ecosystems, and supports communities in their efforts to become fire-adapted. Program activities include: programs that develop local capability including assessment and planning, mitigation activities, and community and homeowner education and implementation; fire prevention, plan and implement fuels management activities, including the training, monitoring or maintenance associated with such fuels management activities, on federal land, or on adjacent nonfederal land for activities that benefit resources on federal land; enhance the knowledge of rural fire districts by providing assistance in education and…