Landscape Irrigation BMP Objectives

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Forces and Resources Fire Planning for Orange
County Wildlands Lyn McAfee Executive
Director Nature Reserve of Orange County Trish
Smith The Nature Conservancy
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NATURE RESERVE OF ORANGE COUNTY
Is a non-profit corporation that

• Manages the NCCP/HCP
• Research Monitoring
• Habitat Restoration
• Fire Management
• Invasive species control
• Coordinates Landowner Activities
• Adaptive Management

38,000-acre Reserve System
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Where is NROC?

• Bounded by Pacific Ocean, I-5, El Toro Road,
  OC/Riverside County boundary, SR-91, SR-55, and
  I-405
• Contained in two Subregions
• Central Subregion in the foothills north of
  Irvine
• Coastal Subregion around Laguna Beach

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Who are the NCCP/HCP partners?NROC Board of
Directors

• US Fish Wildlife Service
• California Department of Fish Game
• California Department of Parks and Recreation
• County of Orange
• Irvine Ranch Water District
• Metropolitan Water District
• Southern California Edison
• Santiago County Water District

• University of California at Irvine
• Transportation Corridor Agencies
• City of Irvine
• The Irvine Company
• Headlands Reserve LLC
• 3 Public Representatives
• California Department of Forestry
• Orange County Fire Authority

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What is the NCCP? HCP?

• NCCP Natural Community Conservation Plan
• HCP Habitat Conservation Plan

Mandated Management Plans Habitat Restoration,
Recreation, Grazing, and FIRE MANAGEMENT
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NROC Fire Management Planning

• Urban-Wildland Interface
• Collaboration Among Partners
• Tactical and Strategic Planning
• Protection of Life and Property

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NROC Fire Management Plan

• Goal
• To identify and promote fire management
  practices that ensure persistence of covered
  species and habitats

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Fire Management the challenge

• Our natural communities are fire adapted
  however,
• Too frequent fires can convert scrub communities
  to weeds and reduce target wildlife populations
• Urban development results in increased sources of
  ignition

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Fire Management the challenge

• Since 1993, 80 of NROC has burned in wildfire
  events
• Only one fire was natural ignition
• Frequent fires threaten long term viability of
  target communities and species.

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NROC Fire Management Focus

• To prevent and contain wildfires to protect
  species and habitat
• To minimize impacts of fire suppression on
  sensitive resources
• Engage fire agencies and landowners in fire
  management planning and implementation

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NROC Wildland Fire Management Plan

• 13 Management Compartments 57 fire units
• Tactical (Fire Fighting) Map and Text
• Sensitive Resource Map and Text

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NROC Wildland Fire Management Plan

• Identifies pre-suppression guidelines for fire
  prevention and preparedness
• Establishes fire response guidelines to be used
  by Fire Agencies on Reserve Lands that cause
  least amount of damage to natural resources
• Establishes post-fire rehabilitation and
  management guidance.

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Pre-Fire Guidelines

• Fire Prevention
• Fire Access
• Fuel treatments/buffers for sensitive
  areas/species

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Fire Response Guidelines
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Post-fire Rehabilitation, Monitoring and
Management
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