Category: News
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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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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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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,…