The Council of Western State Foresters (CWSF) and the Western Forestry Leadership Coalition (WFLC) have 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”.  Project funding has been secured in the form of State Fire Assistance grant funds provided by the partner states.

Numerous partners and cooperators are involved in the project including state, U.S. territory, tribal and federal agency representatives. Federal agency representatives work as liaisons with the state representatives to ensure support is provided in the form of technical expertise and knowledge, data sources and multi-jurisdictional collaboration. Visit the Contacts page for more information about roles and representation.

This project is being administered by the Oregon Department of Forestry on behalf of the WFLC and CWSF. The Sanborn Map Company (www.sanborn.com) is the contractor working with ODF to complete the assessment.