Also, How do Marine and Coastal refuges fit into LCC’s. LCC’s are focuse on the Landscape view but, estuary and coastal issues can either dominate the discussion or get lost with all the other traditional priorities that LCC’s are currently focused on.

I like the recommendation. However, I think it is too weak of a statement. This is a huge problem for the fire program throughout the refuge system. The Dept. policy needs to be more than just aggresively pursued to change. It needs to change…!!! FWS continues to loose this argument about funding for Fuels reduction [...]