Fire Adapted Communities Climate Innovation Lab
2019-2022 After fires severely impacted the Yakima Valley and Wenatchee areas in 2014 and 2015, it became apparent that Latinx residents did not have access to resources necessary to prepare for, respond to, or recover from wildfire. In 2019, several organizations, including Washington Resource Conservation and Development Council, the Washington Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network, […]
Yakima Valley Fire Adapted Communities Coalition (YVFACC)
2016-2018 Yakima’s very own Fire Marshal, Jakki MacLean, brought her expertise to the table as a panel member at the 2013 “Washington Wildland Urban Interface Conference” hosted by WRCD. After the success of the event, MacLean proposed the idea of bringing a similar conference to Yakima. The following year, her vision became a reality with […]
Taneum Restoration Project EA
2018-2023 website The Taneum Restoration Project is part of a larger effort to foster collaboration between land management agencies and neighboring communities. As part of the 90,000 acre Manastash-Taneum Resilient Landscape Restoration Project (MTRL), the Taneum Restoration Project led the way in Washington State by successfully integrating terrestrial and aquatic restoration while finding collaborative solutions […]
House Bill 1784 Pilot Project : Strategic Placement of Forest Health Treatments
2019-2021 The House Bill 1784 pilot project directed the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to, “Prioritize, to the maximum extent practicable…forest health treatments that are strategically planned to serve dual benefits of forest health while providing geographically planned tools for wildfire response.” DNR convened a technical team to develop methods that included information on forest […]
HB2928 Forest Resiliency Burning Pilot
2016-2017 website House Bill 2928, also known as the Forest Resiliency Burning Pilot Project, was passed by the Washington State Legislature in the spring of 2016 to assess the benefits of prescribed fire, further understand the impacts of burning on ambient air quality, develop recommendations for continuing or expanding the use of prescribed fire in […]
Tapash Sustainable Forest Collective
2019-2023 website The Tapash Sustainable Forest Collaborative is a group of decision-makers from the Yakama Nation, The Nature Conservancy, Okanogan Wenatchee Forest Service, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, and Washington State Department of Natural Resources. The Collaborative focuses on a geographic landscape of 2.3 million acres from Blewett Pass to Mount Adams in eastern […]
Washington Prescribed Fire Council
2011-2023 website Established in 2011, the Washington Prescribed Fire Council (WPFC) is a coalition of stakeholders and practitioners who work together to increase the safe and effective use of prescribed fire in Washington. In 2013, WRCD became the Council’s fiscal sponsor and later hired a staff member to coordinate WPFC activities. As of 2023, WPFC […]
Washington Dry Forest Fire Learning Network (FLN)
2007-Present website The Fire Learning Network (FLN) is a network of landscape-scale collaborative projects across the country that are working to accelerate the restoration of fire-adapted ecosystems and the development of resilient communities. FLN connects these projects and leaders to learn from each other, providing training, education, funding, and opportunities to connect and share. One […]
Asotin County Community Wildfire Protection Plan
2024-2025 asotin cwpp The people of Asotin County, alongside local, state, and federal partners, united to develop a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) that reflects the county’s unique landscapes, values, and priorities for wildfire resilience. With support from the Ember Alliance, the Washington Department of Natural Resources, and the Washington State Conservation Commission, the Asotin […]
Upper Wenatchee Pilot Project
2017-2022 Project Website In 2017, the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest (OWNF) began the Chelan Pilot to restore resilient landscapes, establish fire adapted communities, and improve safe and effective wildfire response. Born out of the Chelan Pilot, the Upper Wenatchee Pilot Project covered 75,000 acres near Plain, WA. The aim of the project was to restore forest […]