Author: Kelly Pohl
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Missoula County Adopts New Community Wildfire Protection Plan
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.76″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.2.1″] May, 2018. Following a year-long process of stakeholder engagement and public outreach, Missoula County, Montana adopted a new Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP), including a comprehensive risk assessment, developed in partnership with the CPAW program. The CWPP outlines goals and steps the county and partners can take to become better fire-adapted,…
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New Report: Communities Threatened By Wildfire, 2000-2017
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.76″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.76″ background_layout=”light” border_style=”solid”] April, 2018. A new report measuring communities threatened by wildfire from 2000-2017 was released by Headwaters Economics, co-founder of the CPAW program. The report finds that more than 3,000 communities had a wildfire of 100+ acres burn within ten miles of town. At least 1,100 communities experienced a major…
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National Planning Conference: A Team Approach to Wildfire Planning
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.76″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.76″ background_layout=”light” border_style=”solid”] April, 2018. CPAW team member, Molly Mowery will be part of a panel discussion at National Planning Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, hosted by the American Planning Association. The panel will discuss “A Team Approach to Wildfire Planning” and explore how planners contribute to wildfire mitigation and resiliency…
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WUI Conference: Building Costs & Risk Modeling
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.76″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.76″ background_layout=”light” border_style=”solid”] February, 2018. CPAW team members presented at the annual International Association of Fire Chief’s Wildland-Urban Interface Conference in Reno, Nevada. The presentation, titled Building Costs and Risk Modeling to Reduce Wildfire Risk, summarized preliminary outcomes from two recent CPAW research projects. The first was presented in partnership with Dr.…
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American Planning Association: Living on the Edge- Get to Know Your WUI
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.76″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.2.1″] January, 2018. CPAW team member, Molly Mowery, published an article with the American Planning Association about CPAW and resources for planners to better understand their wildland-urban interface (WUI). The article highlights the importance of spatially defining the WUI, incorporating wildfire into comprehensive plans, adopting WUI regulations, and linking specialized hazard plans to future…
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Land Use Planning and Wildfire Forum
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.76″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.76″ background_layout=”light” border_style=”solid”] January, 2018. Fifty representatives from CPAW communities, research organizations, and Washington D.C. fire leadership came together in January 2018 in Boulder, CO for the third annual Land Use Planning and Wildfire Forum. Hosted by Headwaters Economics, the Forum facilitates network-building and knowledge-sharing among land use planning and wildfire…
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Summit County Adopts New WUI Regulations
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.76″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.2.1″] January, 2018. The pilot community for the CPAW program, Summit County, Colorado, has passed new land use regulations to reduce wildfire hazard based on CPAW’s recommendations. After extensive stakeholder outreach and collaborative efforts, the new and updated regulations include measures to assess wildfire hazards as a part of any rezoning request,…
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New CPAW Communities Announced
November, 2017. Community Planning Assistance for Wildfire is pleased to announce the selection of eight communities for participation in the program in 2018. The communities are: Deadwood, South Dakota Los Alamos, New Mexico Mammoth Lakes, California Ocean Township, New Jersey Pigeon Forge, Tennessee San Luis Valley, Colorado Sisters, Oregon Wasco County, Oregon Joining 18 communities…
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CPAW Teaches Planning Students
November, 2017. CPAW team member Ben Yellin was invited to guest lecture at the University of Colorado Denver, Master of Urban and Regional Planning program. Ben introduced the planning students to the basics of wildland fire behavior, heat transfer, and risk to the built environment and discussed tools and strategies when planning in the Wildland…
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CPAW Presents a the Pikes Peak Heritage Series
October 2017. The El Pomar Foundation recently hosted a symposium at the Penrose House in Colorado Springs, CO as part of their Pikes Peak Heritage Series, to discuss wildfire’s short- and long-term impacts on the Pikes Peak region of Colorado. CPAW Program manager Molly Mowery was invited to lead a discussion panel alongside Eric Lovgren…