Threats to water resources across national park system units
National Park Service Units of CA
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Transcript of National Park Service Units of CA
National Park Service Units of CA
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NPS, CA Wildland Fire Acres1991 - 2011
Suppression Acres WFU Acres Rx Acres
63K acre Wild Horse & 25K acre Topanga Fires
59.6K acre Ackerson & 13.2K acre Calabasas & 4.1K acre Kaweah Fires
38.2K acre Green Meadow Fire
60% 16,547 acres21%
5,872 acres
19%5,375 acres
CA, NPS Average Annual Acreage Contribution by Fire Types 1991 - 2011
Suppression AcresWFU AcresRx Acres
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NPS, CA WFU & Rx 1991 - 2011
WFU Acres Rx Acres
8K acre West Kern & 3.5K acre Williams CA-KNP, 5.5K acre Sok & 1.6K Tuolumne & 1.2K acre Whiskey Fires CA-YNP
9K acre Sheep Fire
5K acres KNP, 4K acres BNP, 3.7K acres CNP, 1.5K acres SMP, 491 acres LNP,
Cerro Grande
Rx Escape
5K acres KNP, 4K acre LNP, 2.8K acres YNP, 2K
acres RWP, 670 acres BNP, 303
acre RNP
14.9K acres N & S Park Complexes YNP, 573 acre KNP
7.9K acres KNP, 1.5K acres SMP, 1.3K acres BNP, 1.2K acres CNP, 510 acres LNP, 376 RWP
24%,3,415 acres
75%, 10,844 acres
1%,172 acres
CA Fuels Average Annual Treatment Acres by Treatment Type 2003-2011
Avg. Annual Mechnical Acres Avg. Annual Rx Fire Acres Avg. Annual Other Acres
What does the future hold?
• Fuels funding is declining and will likely continue to decline during the next few years.
• How many natural and human caused ignitions will we get? (The Wildcard)
• Any questions about NPS fuels management in CA?