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About LANDFIRE ›› Background The LANDFIRE program evolved from increased concern about the number, severity, and size of wildland fires. In 2000, the President directed the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to recommend how best to respond to severe wildland fires, reduce the impacts of fire on rural communities, and ensure sufficient firefighting capacity in the future. As a result, Congress implemented the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy (Cohesive Strategy) (formerly the National Fire Plan), which precipitated LANDFIRE, a shared program between the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service’s and U.S. Department of the Interior’s wildland fire management programs under the direction of the Wildland Fire Leadership Council (WFLC). In addition, federal agency policy related to fire/fuel planning, forest restoration, and land health underscored the need for science-based planning. In 2001, the General Accounting Office reported, |
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