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| Ha     | lo     | minimizing   |            | from    |            |
| zard** | adings | the risk and |            | w       | -   Fuel   |
|        | (plant | incidence of |            | ildfire |     load   |
|        | bi     | wildfire.    |            | for the |            |
|        | omass) |              |            | field   | assessment |
|        | pose   |              |            | of      |            |
|        | risks  |              |            | p       | -   Aerial |
|        | to     |              |            | lanning |     photo  |
|        | human  |              |            | ar      |            |
|        | s      |              |            | ea/unit |   analysis |
|        | afety, |              |            |         |            |
|        | struc  |              |            |         |            |
|        | tures, |              |            |         |            |
|        | and    |              |            |         |            |
|        | res    |              |            |         |            |
|        | ources |              |            |         |            |
|        | should |              |            |         |            |
|        | wi     |              |            |         |            |
|        | ldfire |              |            |         |            |
|        | occur. |              |            |         |            |
+--------+--------+--------------+------------+---------+------------+
| *      | Undes  | N/A          | Planned    | Non     | -   Client |
| *Plant | irable |              | treatment  | Mea     |            |
| Con    | in     |              | is applied | surable |  interview |
| dition | sects, |              | that       |         |            |
| --     | para   |              | controls   |         | -   Visual |
| Pests  | sites, |              | target     |         |            |
| --     | fungi, |              | pests and  |         | assessment |
| In     | dis    |              | does not   |         |            |
| sects, | eases, |              | adversely  |         |            |
| Para   | etc.   |              | affect the |         |            |
| sites, | have a |              | other      |         |            |
| Etc.** | h      |              | resources. |         |            |
|        | armful |              |            |         |            |
|        | effect |              |            |         |            |
|        | on the |              |            |         |            |
|        | plant  |              |            |         |            |
|        | s      |              |            |         |            |
|        | pecies |              |            |         |            |
|        | of     |              |            |         |            |
|        | c      |              |            |         |            |
|        | oncern |              |            |         |            |
|        | and    |              |            |         |            |
|        | the    |              |            |         |            |
|        | man    |              |            |         |            |
|        | ager's |              |            |         |            |
|        | objec  |              |            |         |            |
|        | tives. |              |            |         |            |
+--------+--------+--------------+------------+---------+------------+
| *      | Mana   | N/A          | Plants are | Non     | -   Client |
| *Plant | gement |              | managed    | Mea     |            |
| Mana   | inadeq |              | for        | surable |  Interview |
| gement | uately |              | est        |         |            |
| --     | pr     |              | ablishment |         | -   Visual |
| E      | ovides |              | and the    |         |     O      |
| stabli | for    |              | intended   |         | bservation |
| shment | the    |              | use.       |         |            |
| &      | needs  |              | Applied    |         | -   Soil   |
| Gr     | of     |              | management |         |     Survey |
| owth** | plant  |              | does not   |         |            |
|        | e      |              | adversely  |         |            |
|        | stabli |              | affect the |         |            |
|        | shment |              | other      |         |            |
|        | and    |              | resources. |         |            |
|        | g      |              |            |         |            |
|        | rowth. |              |            |         |            |
+--------+--------+--------------+------------+---------+------------+