Table 2. Objectives listed in the Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge Fire Management Plan (FMP).



Objective	Number of times mentioned in FMP

†Use fire as a natural ecological process/maintain fire-dependent ecosystems	26
†Avoid catastrophic fires/reduce fuel load	21
†Improve habitat/ maintain wildlife populations	17
†Maintain early successional habitats	12
†Restore fire-adapted ecosystems/historic conditions	10
†Conduct research on effects of wildland and prescribed fire	9
Protect cultural/historic/archeological sites	7
†Maintain wilderness values	7
†Provide willow regrowth for moose habitat	7
†Use wildland and prescribed fire for resource management objectives	6
Preserve subsistence access	6
†Protect wetlands for waterfowl or muskrat	3
Protect sensitive habitat (peregrine falcon or caribou)	3
†Maintain diverse vegetative mosaic	3
Maintain recreational opportunities	2
Protect water quality	2
Protect community values	1

† fire described as a method to meet the management objective.