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Sierra Nevada Community Conservation and Wildfire Protection Plan Guidebook
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Community planning and CWPP's
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California
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California has created a new conservation based Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) format. The new template is called the Sierra Nevada Community Conservation and Wildfire Protection Plan Guidebook (CCWPP).
The Guidebook is designed to help communities in California's Sierra Nevada create a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) that balances fire safety and conservation values, and is a collaboration between state, federal, and local fire agencies including CALFIRE, USFS, California Fire Safe Council, local governments and conservation leaders.
"We all have a stake in helping Sierra communities reduce and manage wildfire risk," said Kate Dargan, California State Fire Marshal. "Our goal is to help local communities develop proactive fire planning that enhances the natural values of their surrounding lands while providing for community fire safety and conserving our remaining wild areas."
The CCWPP Guidebook is an extensive document with seven sections:
1. How To Use this Guidebook,
2. Executive Summary & Action Plan,
3. Appendices,
4. References,
5. Project Files,
6. Conservation and Wildfire Background Materials,and
7. Instructions for writing a plan.
The entire Guidebook has been created in Microsoft Word documents that can be downloaded and customized to create a local community fire plan.
Although it was written specifically for the Sierra Nevada, many of these documents and supporting materials are transferable to other regions.
According to Jay Watson from the California Fire Safe Council, "Diverse
interests have come together to address a critical need and promote
conservation-based planning that helps keep communities safe."
The Guidebook is available on the web at:
http://www.forevergreenforestry.com/SierraConservationCWPP
Contact Information
Tracy Katelman
[email protected]
Phone: (707) 443-2400
Fax: (707) 443-5597
Cell: (707) 845-8579
Mail: POB 1276 Eureka, CA 95502
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