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Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
Fire Management
firefighter in yellow shirt and green pants with rake watches small line of fire making sure it stays within the planned boundaries.
Firefighter watches prescribed fire and helps keep it within the planned boundary.
The Fire Management Plan for the Riverway was completed in 2005. An active program of managing park resources through the use of prescribed fire was implemented in 2005 with two burns near Sunrise Ferry. Due to staffing and weather issues, no fires occured in 2006 or 2007. The park plans to resume the use of prescribed fire to enhance prairie and savanna habitats in 2008.
 

The Fire Management Plan describes the need to continue to aggressively suppress all unplanned wildfire on NPS lands while allowing for the use of planned prescribed fire for habitat restoration and hazard fuel management.

Fire Management Plan(578KB)

Appendix A B C-References, Definitions & Species (65KB)

Appendix D-Environmental Assesment(762KB)

Appendix D-NEPA (15KB)

Appendix D-NEPA FONSI (112KB)

Appendix E-Prescribed Burn and Hazard Fuel Reduction (1276KB)

Appendix F G-Monitoring Plan and Riverway Specific (17KB)
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Did You Know?
The Old Man of the Dalles is one of the many features visitors can see looking at the rocks in the Dalles, or rocky gorge, of the St. Croix River. A great way to view these rocky features, as well as St. Croix NSR, is from the water in a boat or a canoe.

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Last Updated: June 12, 2008 at 16:40 EST