Tribe: Upper Snake River Tribes
View Source Document: USRT Adaptation Strategy Database _Full Version Aug 2020
Year: 2020
Topic: Increases in frequency and severity of wildfires throughout entire Sagebrush Steppe Ecosystem. Plan and prepare for greater area burned. (View All Topics in the Plan)
Incorporate climate change into fire-management plans (wildfire projections); anticipate more opportunities to use wildfire for resource benefit.
Identify areas important for Wyoming Sage and Big Sagebrush in situ gene conservation (quantifiable measurement).
Increase production of native plants for post-fire plantings.
Develop proactive comprehensive fuels management plan [for high priority habitat areas] to protect critical areas from fire.
Develop incentives (in conjunction with BLM?) for landowners and livestock grazing permittees to implement fuel treatment actions to use appropriate...
Increase resilience of existing vegetation by reducing hazardous fuels and forest density and maintain low densities. Increase interagency communication of...
