Ice Age National Scenic Trail (Ice Age NST) Ice Age Complex at Cross Plains Fire Management (FMP) and associated Environmental Assessment (EA)

- The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking public input on a proposed plan for the Ice Age National Scenic Trail (Ice Age NST) Ice Age Complex at Cross Plains Fire Management (FMP) and associated Environmental Assessment (EA). The proposed plan addresses vegetation management through prescribed burns on the 161-acre NPS site at Cross Plains, Wisconsin.

The intent of the plan is to meet resource management objectives and reduce hazardous wildland fuels to ensure protection of life, property, cultural values, and natural resources. Methods for accomplishing hazardous fuels reduction include prescribed fire, mechanical, and pesticide treatments. It recommends the use of prescribed burns at the NPS Cross Plains site to reduce the risk of wildfire, increase biodiversity of native plants, reduce non-native and invasive vegetation, reduce woody vegetation encroachment into the prairie, and suppress unplanned ignitions in the park.

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2021_IATR_FMP EA_Public (1).pdf   (1.2 MB, PDF file) IATR_FMP_draft_8_17_2021.pdf   (2.1 MB, PDF file) Disclaimer: Links within the above document(s) were valid as of the date published. Note: Some of the files may be in PDF format and can be viewed using the Adobe Acrobat Reader software. You may download a free copy of from Adobe Systems.