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Fort Ord National Monument - Fort Ord Fuels Crew CND-3169


The Fort Ord National Monument is home to the Fort Ord Fuels Crew CND-3169.  Every year CND-3169 performs wildland fuels reduction and controlled burns on BLM land in Monterey, San Benito, and Fresno Counties.

Fort Ord Fuels Crew CND3169 logo, design by BLM

"BLM Hollister Fire" in flaming font, design by BLM

Hollister Field Office Fire and Fuels Management

Fort Ord Fuels Crew old logo, design by BLM

 The original CND-3169 Fuels logo depicting unique maritime chaparral community and a U.S. Army range control tower structure; these towers were common on the former Fort Ord


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Managing a prescribed fire on Fort Ord NM in Monterey County, photo by BLM

Managing a prescribed fire on Fort Ord National Monument in Monterey County

 

Monitoring prescribed fire used in burning piles of slash fuels, Fort Ord NM, photo by BLM

Monitoring prescribed fire used in burning piles of slash fuels, Fort Ord National Monument

 

Fuelbreak maintenance and prescribed fire on Fort Ord NM, photo by BLM

Fuelbreak maintenance and prescribed fire on the Fort Ord National Monument

 

Prescribed fire at work in the Hernandez Valley of San Benito County, photo by M. Chiodini BLM

 Prescribed fire at work in the Hernandez Valley of San Benito County

 

Precribed fire to reduce noxious weeds in the San Benito Management Area, photo by M. Chiodini BLM

Precribed fire to reduce noxious weeds in the San Benito Management Area

 

Equipment in support of CND-3169 at a prescribed fire in San Benito County, photo by BLM

Equipment in support of CND-3169 at a prescribed fire in San Benito County


Snapshots Articles

Visit the BLM National Fire & Aviation Snapshots web page to read about some of the BLM Success Stories supporting the National Fire Plan, including several stories about CND-3169.

"Hazard Fuel Reduction Reveals Archaeological Site on California Coast" (July 26, 2006; page 3)

"Fuels Reduction Protects Prehistoric Rock Art Site" (September 30, 2005; page 2)

"Fort Ord Gains Ten More Miles of Essential Fuel Break" (March 21, 2003; page 3)

"Fuel Break Reduces Risk of Fire on Former Army Base" (March 21, 2002; page 9)


Eric Morgan, Monument Manager
Bureau of Land Management
Hollister Field Office
Fort Ord National Monument
20 Hamilton Court
Hollister, CA 95023
Phone: (831) 394-8314
Fax: (831) 394-8346
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Rick Cooper, Field Manager
Bureau of Land Management
Hollister Field Office
20 Hamilton Court
Hollister, CA 95023
Phone: (831) 630-5000
Fax: (831) 630-5055
Office Hours: 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., M-F
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