Nick Goulette, The Watershed Center

Growing the “Trinity Integrated Fire Management Partnership”

Outline

Fire and Trinity’s forests Background and history of the IFM

partnership Goals of the partnership Who’s involved? How will it work? Our targets How can the community be involved? Getting started

Fire and Trinity’s Forests

Our long-standing history with fire Historic fire regime

and ecology Native American’s

and fire Fire suppression Changes in the

land Modern fires and

fire management

Trinity IFM – Background and History

Trinity Bioregion Group

The Watershed Center and learning to do “ecosystem management”

The Trinity County Fire Safe Council and Community Wildfire Protection Plan

Trinity IFM – Background and History

The Klamath Siskiyou Fire Learning Network

The Northern CA Prescribed Fire Council

A funding opportunity, the right people, and a “receptive fuelbed”

Goals of the IFM partnership

Improve public safety and protect values at-risk from wildfire Enhance public and private land values Restore ecological integrity Protect air quality and public health by controlling when and

how fires burn Grow interagency and stakeholder coordination Increase local qualifications and capacity for efficient and

effective fuels and fire management Engage in public dialogue and education – grow public support Monitor and learn

Grow fire adapted communities in Trinity County

Who’s involved?

The Watershed Center Private landowners Local workers and private contractors Volunteer Fire Departments CAL FIRE BLM US Forest Service NRCS Trinity County Fire Safe Council Regional partners Air quality regulators You

How will it work?

Collaborative planning Formal partnerships Training

Basic Live and applied

Cooperative burning Community engagement

and education Monitoring and learning More cooperative burning

Our targets

Host “red card” trainings in 2012 and 2013 Establish a trained Watershed Center fire team Complete at-least 5 “large” cooperative burn plans (4-6k

acres) Implement several cooperative prescribed burns

in multiple parts of the county, crossing property boundaries with multiple agencies and partners participating in each

Implement a minimum of 1200 acres burned by end of 2013 Host live training opportunities and build capacity and

qualifications in multiple agencies and partners Provide information and host public events to build

understanding and support for prescribed fire

How can the community be involved? Attend public workshops –

learn and provide feedback Burn day observation and

learning Be an ambassador in the

community Learn to burn – participate Learn from burning – monitor Work with your neighbors –

participate

Getting started

Big Creek Cooperative Burning