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Hot Springs National Park
Fire Management
 

Fire can be used to provide a natural appearing landscape for the park. With proper planning and execution, prescribed fire can manipulate vegetation to produce healthier habitats as a background for the developed zone of the park. At the same time fuel management, using both mechanical means and prescribed fire, can reduce the risk to cultural and historic structures.
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Hot Springs National Park Fire Management Plan
     Fire Management Plan Environmental Assessment

Crabtree RX Prescribed Fire Plan (Nov.-Dec. 2007) (249 KB)
     Crabtree RX Appendix (2.73 MB)

Sugarloaf RX Prescribed Fire Plan (2007) (161 KB)
     Sugarloaf RX Appendix (1.26 MB)

See pictures of 2006 prescribed fire on North Mountain.
firefighter with leaf blower on trail
Firefighter on prescribed fire
Find out about prescribed fires in the park.
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Did You Know?
Hot Springs Reservation, the first designation of Hot Springs National Park, was set aside by Congress in 1832. This makes Hot Springs National Park the oldest unit in the national park system, 40 years older than Yellowstone National Park.

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Last Updated: November 16, 2007 at 17:39 EST