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Fuel management programs that utilize livestock are going to be much more important in future land planning activities for several reasons. According to BLM and Forest Service data, the number of acres burned by wildfire annually are on a long-term upward trend. The fires which do occur are larger and more intense. Federal funding for wildfire suppression has leveled out and with federal budgets shrinking, funding will probably decrease in the future. Federal agencies, environmental groups and professional societies are calling for increased controlled burning, and fuel management programs to reduce the intensity of fires. At the same time we are losing many traditional vegetation management tools."- discusses fuel management plans that use livestock to improve fire reduction.