Bureau of Reclamation Tasks GeomorphIS to Prepare Fire Management Plans

The US Bureau of Reclamation (USBR), Great Plains, Eastern Colorado Area Office (GP ECAO) has tasked GeomorphIS, LLC to prepare Fire Management Plans (FMPs) for the Colorado -Big Thompson (C-BT) and Fryingpan-Arkansas (F-A) water transfer projects in Colorado. GeomorphIS fire management planners and GIS specialists will coordinate with the BIA and project area stakeholders, including water districts, US Forest Service, National Park Service, and other landowners, to develop the FMPs according to Reclamation’s Manual Directives and Standards for Wildland Fire Management, and Reclamation’s Wildland Fire Management Guidelines. The GeomorphIS team will analyze and define how to manage the wildland fire program elements including fire prevention, wildfire suppression, prescribed fire, and hazardous fuel reduction. The team will also identify objectives and goals for the fire management program for C-BT and F-A facilities and associated Reclamation-owned lands.