Cohesive Strategy Northern Blue Mountain

Pilot Project

Cohesive  Wildfire  Management  Strategy  “To  safely  and  effec:vely  ex:nguish  fire  when  needed;  use  fire  where  allowable;  manage  our  natural  resources;  and  as  a  Na:on,  to  live  with  wildland  fire.”  

CWS  Pilot  Project  Development  

A National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy

CWS Goals – 1)   Restore and maintain resilient landscapes 2) Create fire-adaptive communities 3) Respond to Wildfire

Restoring  and  Maintaining  Resilient  

Landscapes  

Responding  to  Wildfire  

Star&ng  Point     Blue  Mountain  Pilot  Project  Vision  

Cohesive  Strategy  

Landscapes  

Crea:ng    Fire  Adap:ve    Communi:es  

Northern Blue MountainCohesive Strategy

Pilot Project Action Plan

Wildfire Response Restore Resilient Landscapes

Create Fire Adapted Communities

Cohesive  Strategy  

Northern  Blue  Mtn  Example  

 

•  Partnering  for  Firefigh:ng  Efficiency  

•  RFDs  assis:ng  in  IA  on  Agency  jurisdic:ons  

•  Sharing  engines,  crews,  housing  

•  Federal,State  &  private  IA  engine  

•  Comprehensive  CWPP  •  Focused  on  CWS  Goals  

•  Wildfire  Simula:ons  •  All  Local  Partners-­‐Tradi:onal  &  Non-­‐Tradi:onal  

What  Can  Be  Accomplished?  

Cohesive  Strategy  

•  Local  Biomass  Working  Group  

•  East  Face  “All  Land”  Restora:on  Project  

What  Can  Be  Accomplished?  

Northern  Blue  Mtn  Example  

 

“All  Lands/All  Hands”  Approach  Restore  forest  resiliency  &  enhance  fire  management  op&ons  

through  landscape  level  treatments.  

Cohesive  Strategy  and  The  East  Face  Project  

•  ODF&W  :  Mul:  -­‐  year  plan  to  treat  all  4K  acres.    

•  About  100  pvt.  landowners  trea:ng  over  6K  acres  through  NRCS  funding.    

•  USFS-­‐NEPA  work  occurring,  Decision    2016,  First  project  of  Collabora:ve.    

                   

East  Face  Private  Lands  

   

   

Restore  &  Maintain  Resilient    Landscapes  

CWS – A Catalyst for Improvement

Wildfire Response

Creating Fire Adaptive

Communities

Restore & Maintain Resilient

Landscapes Wildfire

Response

Creating Fire Adaptive

Communities

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