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Not sure where to start, or need more context? These seven case studies from landscapes throughout the West lay the groundwork for engaging communities in prescribed fire and smoke.
It's time to put fire to work.
Burning Together, Learning Together
Cascadia Prescribed Fire Training Exchange
How do you learn to burn? You do it with others from across the state, region, country, and beyond who bring their expertise and knowledge for two-weeks of dedicated learning. At prescribed fire training exchanges (TREX), we learn how to safely and effectively implement prescribed fire through hands-on training burning with experts who have the knowledge and experience to do it right, through classroom and field workshops where we learn how to do all the other parts of prescribed fire, including planning for the burn, and through presentations from local partners who build the picture of fire in our place. When we burn, we want to do it right.
The 2018 Cascadia Prescribed Fire Training Exchange is being hosted in Cle Elum, WA from September 23rd to October 5th. Through this training, participants work on restoring fire adapted ecosystems, reducing wildfire risks to communities, and increasing their expertise and training with fire.
Training participants are from the Washington Department of Natural Resources, U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Roslyn Fire Department, Kittitas County Fire District 1, National Park Service, and British Columbia Wildfire Service.
This training is hosted by the Washington Prescribed Fire Council, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, Washington Department of Natural Resources, The Nature Conservancy, Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife, and the Fire Learning Network, and supported by numerous other partners from across the region.
Where are we working?
Oak Creek and LT Murray Wildlife Areas
Private lands near Roslyn, WA
Central Cascades Forest
Joint Base Lewis-McChord
Keep up to Date
TREX info: facebook.com/warxfirecouncil/
Kittitas County Interactive Map: tinyurl.com/ycxgfe3f
To monitor smoke: wasmoke.blogspot.com
Forest Service Information:
Facebook: facebook.com/OkaWenNF/
Twitter: twitter.com/OkaWenNF
Text message updates: text ‘follow OkaWenNF’ to 40404
Forest Service Interactive map: tinyurl.com/harqnw8
2017 Cascadia TREX
The 2017 Cascadia TREX was hosted in Leavenworth and Plain, WA for two weeks. We were joined by training participants from 8 different agencies across 3 states. Together they implemented 420 acres of prescribed fire on US Forest Service, National Park Service, The Nature Conservancy, and private lands.
Last year’s training was hosted by the Chumstick Wildfire Stewardship Coalition, Washington Prescribed Fire Council, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, The Nature Conservancy, and Fire Learning Network
Fire at work across Washington.
Forest Resiliency Burning Pilot
In the Spring of 2016, the Washington State Legislature passed House Bill 2928, the Forest Resiliency Burning Pilot project. This Pilot brought stakeholders together from across Washington to examine the role of prescribed burning in creating healthier, more resilient forests. Stakeholders discussed how to improve prescribed fire to work for all of us.
Cooperative Burning
We don't always have the money or resources to get work done on our own, so we rely on our partners and our partners rely on us. Cooperative burning is one way we can get more work down on the ground. See how the Mt. Adam's Resource Stewards has worked with partners across the state to manage their community forest.