May 7, 2010
Access Granted to HSIP Freedom Data Program
April 15, 2010
Pacific Islands Fuels Workshop
March 26, 2010
Steering Committee and Federal Liaisons Meet
March 22, 2010
State Farm Bill Forest Resource Assessment Data Survey Completed
March 17, 2010
National Wildfire Coordination Group (NWCG) Committees Briefed
The Council of Western State Foresters and the Western Forestry Leadership Coalition (WFLC) has embarked on a wildfire risk assessment of all lands for the 17 western states and selected Pacific Islands. This assessment is known as the “West Wide Wildfire Risk Assessment, or “WWA”.
The WWA will produce a wildfire risk assessment to quantify the magnitude of the current wildland fire problem in the west and provide a baseline for quantifying mitigation activities and monitoring change over time. It will be used to facilitate national, regional and state level strategic planning and policy discussions. The methodology implemented will provide results comparable across the entire West providing a consistent basis for interpretation and use.
This web site is the primary portal for obtaining information about the status of the assessment.
The WWA will develop numerous key datasets in addition to deriving output data describing wildfire threat, fire effects, wildfire risk and communities risk ratings across the west. The results of the WWA can be used for a variety of purposes and will provide many benefits for local, state, tribal and federal stakeholders.
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In addition to the Project Steering Committee and Oregon Dept. of Forestry project and contract management, active participation from State & Tribal representatives, and Federal cooperators, is necessary to complete the project. Much of the local knowledge about available data sources, wildfire characteristics, issues and priorities only exists with these agency representatives.
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