Transcript FHAC part1 - Western Governors` Association

Western Governors’ Association
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Committee Members:
Caitlyn Peel Pollihan
Julia Altemus
Laura McCarthy
FLAME Act – WFLC Cohesive Strategy
Coordination with the WFLC on developing CWMS
Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization
Develop WGA policy resolution & assist Partnership
Forest Landscape Restoration Act
Monitor implementation & appropriations
Definition of biomass – RFS2 EPA language
Monitor definitions in various legislation
Committee Members:
John Mankowski
Sandy Shaffer
Butch Blazer
Chuck Burley
COORDINATION
*Rural Fire Assistance
Committee Members:
Co-chairs: Lynn Jungwirth and Carol Daly
Tony Cheng
Sandy Shaffer
Chuck Bushey
Greg Aplet
Crawford Tuttle
Julia Altemus
Thomas Sisk
Tom Atzet
 Support the Wildland Fire Leadership Council
 A national stakeholder process must occur
 A Comprehensive National Coordinating body
is key to the Cohesive Wildfire Management
Strategy;10-year strategy; Quadrennial Fire
Review
 The cornerstones of the National Fire Plan
were correct and have our support:
WFLC Needs the People; The People Need WFLC
 Goal #4 is Community Assistance
 The QFR has declared the new mission of “making
fire adapted communities”.
 Focus on fire adapted communities in fire adapted
ecosystems
 Only 9% of communities at risk have CWPPs
 Biomass utilization is under realized
Committee Members:
Co-Chairs: Tom Atzet and Chuck Bushey
Joe Lowe
Gordon Cruikshank
Patrick Heffernan
Lee Heinrich
Vicki Christiansen
CWPP Development & Updates
Increase community involvement & personal
responsibility
Interact with insurance industry, local
planning & development
Provide education on 'fire adapted
communities'
Land Use Planning - WUI & Population growth
Promote Model WUI codes & ordinances
Align federal, state & local priorities & protocols
Focus on funding and contracting
Evaluate allocations
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Committee Members:
Co-Chairs: Julia Altemus and Crawford Tuttle
Maia Enzer
Greg Aplet
Ray Sowers
Geoff McNaughton
Tom Atzet
Laura McCarthy
Trees & Forests Identified in National Policy
development
Develop Adaptation strategy to incorporate new
technologies/research
Develop a funding mechanism to achieve goals
Sustain biodiversity in the West
Assess current strategic planning for climate
change/adaptation
Improve forest resiliency by diversifying forest stands
Promote landscape management and monitoring of
biodiversity
Coordination with Existing Efforts
Identify states with established climate change
programs/coordinator
Sustain biodiversity in the west.
 Improve forest resiliency by diversifying forest stand sizes and
makeup.
 Promote a landscape scale, rather than land ownership specific
monitoring and management of biodiversity in the west.
 Promote sustainable forestry practices across the landscape.
Conform third-party certification processes.
Coordinate with Existing
Efforts - such as state, federal,
tribal, academia, research and
NGOs.
 Develop and share an
informational list and contact
information.
 Develop WGA webpage as
central clearinghouse.