Category: News
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CPAW Announces Communities for 2020
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Recommendations Released for Four Communities
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Highlights from the Building for Wildfire Summit
September 2019. Video and highlights from an event that brought together diverse community leaders to explore practices for building fire-adapted communities.
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Now Accepting Applications
September, 2019. The Community Planning Assistance for Wildfire (CPAW) program is accepting applications through October 18, 2019. CPAW works with communities to reduce wildfire risk through improved land use planning. Selected communities receive free, customized technical consulting services and training over the course of one year from CPAW’s team of professional land use planners, foresters, risk analysts, and…
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Montana Building for Wildfire Summit: Registration Open
July 2019. Registration is now open for the Southwest Montana Building for Wildfire Summit in Big Sky, Montana, on Wednesday, September 18, 2019. The Building for Wildfire Summit is an opportunity for developers, contractors, architects, landscapers, local businesses, and others in Montana’s construction industry to learn from wildfire experts and researchers about best practices for…
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CPAW Testifies at the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources
May, 2019. CPAW co-founder and Headwaters Economics Executive Director, Dr. Ray Rasker shared lessons and strategies from the CPAW program with the House Committee on Natural Resources, National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Subcommittee at a hearing on Wildfire Resilient Communities, May 9, 2019. Dr. Rasker’s testimony highlighted land use planning tools to reduce wildfire…
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Austin Wildfire Symposium
May, 2019. Austin, Texas Fire Department Wildfire Division hosted its seventh annual Wildfire Symposium, bringing together more than 130 fire personnel, community leaders, and homeowners to share strategies and explore opportunities for wildfire resilience. CPAW team member, Kelly Pohl provided the keynote address on Socioeconomic Tools for Wildfire Resilience. She highlighted the Austin Wildfire and…
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Presentation on Community Hazard Assessments in the CPAW Program
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.21.4″ z_index_tablet=”500″] April, 2019. CPAW team members presented about Community Hazard Assessments in the CPAW Program at the Fire Lab Seminar Series hosted by the Rocky Mountain Research Station. The presentation outlines the CPAW program and land use planning tools to reduce wildfire risk, the role of risk assessments, and community examples…
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APA Produces “Planning the Wildland-Urban Interface” Guide
April, 2019. The American Planning Association has published a new guide, Planning the Wildland-Urban Interface. CPAW team members, Molly Mowery and Kelly Johnston, are among the authors. The report offers planners an in-depth introduction to the WUI and wildfire basics, covering challenges, trends, and historical context along with the latest wildfire science. It then moves to…
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WUI Conference: Planning for the WUI—Tools, Tips, and Trends
March, 2019. CPAW team members presented at the annual International Association of Fire Chief’s Wildland-Urban Interface Conference in Reno, Nevada. The presentation, titled Planning for the WUI: Tools, Tips, and Trends summarized land use planning strategies for wildfire risk reduction and featured strategies and outcomes from several CPAW communities. The presentation was given by CPAW…