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Caption: Big Box Rx Prescribed Fire Management
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Caption: Everglades National Park is working toward a large scale programmatic approach to prescribed fire management
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Caption: “Manage the natural and cultural resources of the National Park System to increase resilience in the face of climate change and other stressors.” 2015-2019 Wildfire Strategic Plan
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Caption: Priorities By implementing prescribed fire on our terms Everglades Fire Management can prioritize critical areas to minimize the risk to private property and communities.
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Caption: Savings By using prescribed fire to manage fuel loading we can save millions of dollars a year.
Rx Fire cost an average $4.50/acre
Wildfire cost an average $250/acre
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Caption: Managing Smoke By managing fire on our terms we can minimizes smoke into metropolitan areas like Miami, and major transportation corridors like I-75 and US-1.
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Caption: "Collaborate with other land managers and partners to create, restore, and maintain landscape-scale connectivity” 2015-2019 Wildfire Strategic Plan
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Caption: The approach Allows fire managers to treat large portions of land, across jurisdictional boundaries, while supporting the critical habitat that species rely on.
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Caption: Target By treating over 100,000 acres a year with a landscape approach, we can better meet the needs of the ecosystem while significantly reducing cost.
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Caption: “CULTIVATE excellence in science and scholarship as a foundation for park planning, policy, decision making, and education.” 2015-2019 Wildfire Strategic Plan
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Caption: Science has shown that a fire in the Everglades ecosystem is as important as the water that flows through it.
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Caption: Nature Role Fire has a a rightful place within the Everglades ecosystem.
By strategically placing prescribed fire in high risk areas we can allow wildfires to play their natural role.
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Caption: Fire has always been a part of the Everglades ecosystem... and it always will be. It’s our choice to manage those fires on our terms or on mother natures.
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For an inside look at the role fire plays within Everglades National Park.
