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Policies that Affect Wildfire Management

This section describes the following major national environmental legislation, giving a summary, and a flowchart of the processes to be followed to help understand them. Also provided for each are brief annotations of a few major cases involving the law, a link to the full text of the law, and a reference list with links.

 

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Sequoia and Kings Canyon Fire Information Cache
Gives a brief explanation of why they use fire, plus links to their fire policies, other fire and Park resources, current fire information for Sequoia and Kings Canyon, even something for kids.
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National Fire Plan
The National Fire Plan is a long-term investment that will help protect communities and natural resources, and most importantly, the lives of firefighters and the public. It is a long-term commitment based on cooperation and communication among federal agencies, states, local governments, tribes and interested publics. More...
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Local Government Environmental Assistance Network
This government website provides concise summaries of environmental laws.
 
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