Fire Management Today
How the Tribes are Managing Fire in the 21st Century

Fire Management Today
How the Tribes are Managing Fire in the 21st Century

Fire Management Today
How the Tribes are Managing Fire in the 21st Century

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The Flathead Reservation Fire Management Plan directs, guides, and authorizes specific fire management activities that are consistent with the Federal Fire Policy, and Department of Interior and Bureau of Indian Affairs guidelines. It provides a way for fire managers on the reservation to meet the objectives of the Flathead Indian Reservation Forest Management Plan.

The Flathead Indian Reservation Fire Management Plan divides the reservation into three Fire Management Zones (FMZs): (1) High Elevation Roadless Timberland, (2) Lower Elevation Roaded Timberland, and (3) Range and Grassland.

The way fire is managed within each FMZ is based in part on a series of factors, including but not limited to conditions for firefighter and public safety, the values at risk within the zone, weather, and predicted fire behavior. Click the links below to learn about each FMZ.

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The Flathead Reservation Fire Management Plan directs, guides, and authorizes specific fire management activities that are consistent with the Federal Fire Policy, and Department of Interior and Bureau of Indian Affairs guidelines. It provides a way for fire managers on the reservation to meet the objectives of the Flathead Indian Reservation Forest Management Plan.

The Flathead Indian Reservation Fire Management Plan divides the reservation into three Fire Management Zones (FMZs): (1) High Elevation Roadless Timberland, (2) Lower Elevation Roaded Timberland, and (3) Range and Grassland.

The way fire is managed within each FMZ is based in part on a series of factors, including but not limited to conditions for firefighter and public safety, the values at risk within the zone, weather, and predicted fire behavior. Click the links below to learn about each FMZ.

Forest managers on the Reservation are now reintroducing fire after a century of exclusion. They are implementing a forest plan that calls for the extensive use of prescribed fire. Learn about what that plan and the Tribes' Fire Management Plan mean for Reservation forests. Go through the steps involved in setting up a prescribed burn, and learn what happens when a wildfire is spotted on the Reservation. View old burns on a map, visit links on fire weather, air quality, and the status of wildfires, and learn how fire lookouts do their job.