Fire and resource staff are revising the existing Fire Management Plan (FMP) to meet evolving federal fire policy and to stay current with NPS and park-specific resource stewardship goals. These revisions include an assessment of the environmental impacts of four proposed sets of action.
Below are documents that you can download to check our progress. We expect to conclude our planning effort before January 2009.
The Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the park's Fire Management Plan is now available for public review and comment. Read More
Park Managers follow a comprehensive written plan to implement fire managment activities at Grand Canyon. This plan is necessary because it provides guidance on who, what, where, and how activities will occur to meet identified resource stewardship objectives.
Did You Know?
The more recent Kaibab limestone caprock, on the rims of the Grand Canyon, formed 270 million years ago. In contrast, the oldest rocks within the Inner Gorge at the bottom of Grand Canyon date to 1.84 billion years ago. Geologists currently set the age of Earth at 4.5 billion years.