Implement coordinated regional wildland fire management efforts that account for climate change.

STRATEGIES

NS-9.1 Integrate projected climate impacts on wildland fires into fire management strategies. Fire management practices may need to address increased availability of fuel from increased undergrowth, altered wildfire or prescribed burning seasons and sea level rise.

NS-9.2 Provide education on the ecological value of fires and the public safety benefits of prescribed burns.

NS-9.3 Support ecological adaptation measures that facilitate better fire management. Adaptation measures critical to managing fires based on climate impacts include increasing landscape and biological diversity through the use of native species, and maintaining and preserving watersheds.