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FY 2001 Programs in Wyoming
Updated 08/08/01
Overview:
The National Fire Plan includes five key program areas. Estimated allocations to Wyoming include:
| Firefighting Preparedness |
Firefighting Facilities |
Rehab & Restoration |
Hazardous Fuels Treatment |
Forest Health Projects |
| $7,724,000 |
$600,000 |
$994,000 |
$2,686,000 |
$-0- |
| State Fire Assistance |
Volunteer Fire Assistance |
Economic Action Programs |
Community
and Private
Assistance |
TOTAL |
| $1,044,000 |
$101,000 |
$182,000 |
$475,000 |
$13,806,000 |
Firefighting Resources:
Staffing the most efficient level (MEL) of resources to provide prompt initial attack on wildfires. - Preparedness Organization:
- $7,724,000 allocated for fire preparedness
- 39 positions planned for hire in Wyoming through Region 2 (90 percent filled).
- 39 permanent positions planned for hire in Wyoming through Region 4 (the Bridger-Teton National Forest). Of these, 27 permanent employees and 23 temporary employees were hired as of 07/10/01
- Fire Facilities:
- Support to fire facilities in Wyoming at a cost of $600,000
Rehabilitation and Restoration:
Assuring long-term efforts to improve lands unlikely to recover naturally from fire damage.
- Burned Area Emergency Rehabilitation (BAER) work already completed
- 36,700 acres of National Forest System lands burned in the 2000 fire season.
- 23 projects were selected for FY 2001
- ·$994,000 of the $142,000,000 national total for FY 2001 was allocated for projects in Wyoming, including watershed, trails, and wildlife habitat restoration and grazing management
Hazardous Fuels Reduction:
Targeting fuel management and reduction on high-priority areas, especially wildland/urban interface areas.
- FY 2001 funding for planning and operations in Wyoming is expected to reach $2,676,000 for projects on more than 23,000 acres
- Through 07/27/01 more than 15,000 acres of planned fuels reduction treatments and more than 4,800 acres of accomplished projects were entered in the national database.
Community Assistance:
Increasing community capacity to reduce wildfire risk and expand local economic opportunities on private, state, and tribal lands through federal and non-federal cost-shares. The community assistance programs in the National Fire Plan include:
- State Fire Assistance: $1,044,000 in grants to increase readiness of state and local firefighting organizations; this includes technical training, funding and equipment, and FIREWISE workshops.
Volunteer Fire Assistance: $101,000 in grants for rural (local and volunteer) fire departments that protect communities with populations under 10,000 to improve their readiness for and response to wildfires, especially in the wildland/urban interface. Provides funding and technical assistance directly to these fire departments for training and equipment to improve protection capabilities across all land ownerships.
Economic Action Programs: $182,000 supports Forest Service technical assistance and grants to state, federal, county, local, and tribal governments (and not-for-profit organizations) to help communities develop opportunities and enterprises to diversify uses of forest resources and hazardous fuel byproducts. Also improves state utilization and marketing capabilities.
Community and Private Land Fire Assistance: |
