Short Term (0-2 years)
Identify landscapes where multiple conservation partners are either currently using prescribed fire or desire to use fire (public or private). Assess and prioritize opportunities for using more prescribed fire. Supplemental Information: The action addresses one of the barriers to burning; air quality and smoke. The availability of larger contiguous landscapes where prescribed fire is authorized to occur is in more remote sectors of the region, and generally involves public land management units. State Action Plans and similar plans, land management plans, or conservation plans may have many of these areas identified. This action could incorporate priority areas for protecting federal and state threatened, endangered, and sensitive species habitat and invasive plants (and other objectives) through the use of controlled burning. Private lands adjacent to public lands should also be considered within the larger landscape.