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Pacific Southwest Region Fire ManagementIf you can read this you need to install the Adobe Flash Player browser plugin. What We DoThe U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Pacific Southwest Region provides fire management oversight for many unique and challenging environments in California, Nevada and the Oregon Klamath Basin. In California alone there are nine different bioregions and 18 ecotypes which have the most complex and diverse vegetation communities and fire regimes in the continental US. Many habitats in the Region have rare and protected resources including 346 federally listed species. The Region manages 470,773 acres in California and 2.3 million acres in Nevada including 46 national wildlife refuges (NWRs), and three national fish hatcheries. The primary objectives of the fire program are to protect and manage all burnable acres on Service lands while providing for firefighter and public safety first. To meet our agency mission many of our fire projects emphasize habitat protection and enhancement. Our fire management activities include wildland fire suppression, burned area emergency response and rehabilitation, vegetation management (fuels reduction), community assistance, prescribed fire, fire prevention and outreach. Employment with our Fire ProgramWhere We AreClick on a Zone Area 
How to Reach UsRegional Fire Management Office Doug Waggoner, R8 Fire Mgmt Coordinator Jessica Wade, R8 Fire Operations Specialist Richard Hadley, R8 Fire Planner/BAER Coord Vacant, Regional Fuels/WUI Coordinator James Roberts, Field WUI Coordinator, R8 Fire Ecologist Miriam Morrill, Field WUI Coordinator/ R8 Fire |
California, Nevada and Klamath Basin
Last updated:
November 23, 2009
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