Rx Burning and Smoke Management

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PRESCRIBED FIRE ON FEDERAL LANDS IN SOUTH
CAROLINA
Objectives
Strategies
Liability issues
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• Departments and Agencies
• Defense Military Installations.
• Agriculture Forest Service.
• Interior Fish and Wildlife Service,
• Natl Parks Monuments.
• Energy Savannah River Site.

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• Ace Basin NWR
• Physiographic Region Outer Coastal
• Plain
• Principle Objectives Waterfowl
  Wildlife Habitat,
• Fuel Reduction.
• Total 2008 Acres Burned
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  1,800 Acres
• Ignition Method
• Hand/Aerial

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• Andrew Pickens District Sumter NF
• Physiographic Region Mountains
• Principle Objectives Hazard Reduction
• Table Mt. Pine
• Smooth Coneflower
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• Total 2008 Acres Burned 3,000 Acres
• Ignition Method Hand/Aerial

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Andrew Pickens
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• Carolina Sandhills NWR
• Physiographic Region Fall Line Sandhills
• Principle Objectives RCW, Fuel
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  Reduction
• Total 2008 Acres Burned
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  12,200 Acres
• Ignition Method
• Hand/Aerial

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Carolina Sandhills
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• Congaree Swamp National Park
• Physiographic Region Upper Coastal
• Plain
• Principle Objectives RCW, Fuel
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  Reduction
• Total 2008 Acres Burned
• 531
  Acres
• Ignition Method
• Hand Ignition

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• Cowpens Natl Battlefield
• Physiographic Region Piedmont
• Principle Objectives Habitat and Cultural
• Landscape
  Restoration
• Total 2008 Acres Burned
• 339
  Acres
• Ignition Method
• Hand Ignition

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• Fort Jackson DOD
• Physiographic Region Fall Line Sandhills
• Principle Objectives RCW, Fuel
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  Reduction
• Total 2008 Acres Burned
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  5,085 Acres
• Ignition Method
• Hand ignition

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Fort Jackson
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• Francis Marion National Forest
• Physiographic Region Outer Coastal
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  Plain
• Principle Objectives RCW, Fuel
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  Reduction
• Total 2008 Acres Burned
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  39,200 Acres
• Ignition Method
• Hand/Aerial

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• Kings Mountain Natl Military Park
• Physiographic Region Piedmont
• Principle Objectives Habitat and Cultural
• Landscape
  Restoration
• Total 2008 Acres Burned
• 974
  Acres
• Ignition Method
• Hand/Aerial

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Kings Mountain
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• Pinckney Island NWR
• Physiographic Region Outer Coastal
• Plain
• Principle Objectives Wildlife Habitat,
• Fuel Reduction.
• Total 2008 Acres Burned
• 665
  Acres
• Ignition Method
• Hand/Aerial

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• Santee NWR
• Physiographic Region Coastal Plain
• Principle Objectives Waterfowl
  Wildlife Habitat,
• Fuel Reduction
• Total 2008 Acres Burned
• 762
  Acres
• Ignition Method
• Hand Ignition

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• Savannah River Site DOE
• Physiographic Region Upper Coastal
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  Plain
• Principle Objectives RCW, Fuel
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  Reduction
• Total 2008 Acres Burned
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  26,300 Acres
• Ignition Method
• Hand/Aerial

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• Savanna NWR
• Physiographic Region Coastal Plain
• Principle Objectives Waterfowl Habitat
• Total 2008 Acres Burned
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  1,540 Acres
• Ignition Method
• Hand/Aerial

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• Shaw Air Force Base DOD
• Physiographic Region Fall Line Sandhills
• Principle Objectives RCW, Fuel
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  Reduction
• Total 2008 Acres Burned
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  1,030 Acres
• Ignition Method
• Hand/ATV ignition

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• Enoree Long Cane - Sumter NF
• Physiographic Region Piedmont
• Principle Objectives Fuel Reduction,
• Georgia Aster,
• Oak Regen.
• Total 2008 Acres Burned 17,000 Acres
• Ignition Method Hand/Aerial

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Sumter National Forest
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Total Acreage Burned On Federal Lands in South
Carolina in 2008
110,000 acres.
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Principle Objectives of Federal Burning
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Land is a fountain of energy flowing through a
circuit of soil, plants and animals. Aldo
Leopold
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Phases of Ecological Restoration

• Structure
• Function
• Composition

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Structure
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Savannah picture
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Function
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Composition
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(RCW)
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Pine stand conditioned with fire
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Smooth Cone Flower
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Cogon Grass
Cogon Grass
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Strategies of Federal Burning
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• Federal Interagency Burn Plan
• Resource Objectives
• Fuel and Weather Parameters
• Safety and Mitigation Measures
• Resources Dedicated to the Burn
• Coordination With Other Resource Areas
• Contingency plans
• Ignition Patterns and Methods
• Notifications, Permits, Approvals

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Forest Plan
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Smoke Plume C134
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Liability Issues of Federal Burning
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Smoldering Phase
Combustion Phase
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Hwy 17 accident
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Combustion Column Hwy 41
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Thank You