VCNP managers are planning work to reintroduce fire in the ecosystem and conduct thinning projects. The authors designed a project to gather information about public perceptions and attitudes regarding fuels reduction and restoration initiatives.
The Angeles National Forest developed a plan to shift all fire suppression personnel to a compressed 4/10 work schedule (working four days per week ten hours per day) through peak fire season. With wide spread belief that the compressed work schedule would provide a cost savings.