National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Grand Teton National Park
PO Box 170 Moose, Wyoming 83012 Joan Anzelmo/Jackie Skaggs 307 739-3393 (fax 739-3419)
April 14, 2003
03-10
Grand Teton National Park News Release
GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK HOSTS OPEN HOUSE ON FIRE MANAGEMENT PLAN Superintendent Steve Martin announced today that Grand Teton National Park is seeking public input as it prepares to update its Fire Management Plan. To learn more about the park's fire management plan and proposed revisions, the public is invited to attend an Open House scheduled for Thursday, April 24, 2003 from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. at the Jackson Hole Middle School Commons. The park's current Fire Management Plan was last revised in 1991 and is being reviewed to conform with current National Park Service (NPS) and other federal policies on fire management and resource protection. Under the National Environmental Policy Act, as a part of the Fire Management Plan update, Grand Teton National Park will prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) to evaluate potential impacts to the natural and cultural environment from fire management activities. Additionally, Grand Teton will complete a separate EA for proposed fuels reduction projects in seven park areas. Public comments will be accepted during the scoping period and any interested individual, organization or agency is invited to provide relevant information or suggestions for consideration by park managers before draft EAs and the Fire Management Plan are written and made available for public review later this year. The NPS has identified preliminary alternatives and issues. Other alternatives or concerns that may be addressed in the EAs will be determined through public input gathered during the public scoping process. A wide range of general fire management information can be found online at www.fireplan.gov
www.nifc.gov or www.nps.gov/grte using the link to Nature and Science.
Park staff will be available at the Open House to provide information and answer questions. Interested individuals may wish to take the opportunity to make written and verbal comments while at the Open House. For further information, please contact Grand Teton National Park's planning office at 739-3467.
-NPSwww.nps.gov/grte
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