United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2000-08-14 monographic deposited born digital 53 p. GA 1.13:T-RCED-00-273 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-00-273 P0b002ee180378284 f:rc00273t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-00-273 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-00-273 T-RCED-00-273 Forest management Interagency relations Fire fighters National forests Safety standards Decision making Los Alamos (NM) Cerro Grande (NM) Bandelier National Monument (NM) Testimony RCED Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the circumstances surrounding the Los Alamos wildfire, focusing on: (1) the events leading up to the prescribed fire and how it was managed; and (2) what fire management policies or practices need to be improved.<p/>GAO noted that: (1) the Cerro Grande fire exposed policy implementation issues that need to be addressed for managing prescribed fires; (2) most of the issues involved procedural gaps or a lack of clarity about how policies are to be implemented; (3) these issues affected both the planning and implementation of the burn; (4) some of the issues are specific to Bandelier National Monument and the National Park Service; (5) however, others involve other federal agencies; and (6) those problems that are not site--or agency--specific raise questions about the readiness of the federal land management agencies to effectively support and administer prescribed burns as a forest management tool. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-00-273/html/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-00-273.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-00-273/pdf/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-00-273.pdf GAO/T-RCED-00-273 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-00-273 Testimony GAO/T-RCED-00-273; Fire Management: Lessons Learned From the Cerro Grande; Forest management Interagency relations Fire fighters National forests Safety standards Decision making Los Alamos (NM) Cerro Grande (NM) Bandelier National Monument (NM)