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Next Monthly Meeting, 2nd Thursday
March 11th, 6-8:30 PM at Barn Beach Reserve, Leavenworth. John Chelminiak of the Wilderness Society will be speaking. We hope to see you there!
CWSC on TV!
KCTS 9 Documentary - "North Cascades: People, Places and Stories"
Private Lands Cost-Share Opportunity!
Download the application and get help completing fuels reduction on your property!
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About Us
Chumstick Wildfire Stewardship Coalition (CWSC)
- We are a diverse group of individuals who will be impacted by or who can influence wildfire management projects on private and/or public lands in the Chumstick drainage.
- The group has an open membership – any interested individual can participate.
- When relevant, the CWSC can form ad hoc groups to perform specific tasks for the Coalition (i.e., forest service relations, finance, private lands, etc.).
Mission
To protect lives, property, and infrastructure in the Chumstick Watershed from wildfire through a collaborative partnership utilizing outreach and strategic planning, leading to actions on public and private lands that benefit people, wildlife, forest health, and the community.
Operating Goals
1. Work with the Wenatchee River Ranger District in planning and implementing fuel reduction projects, within the context of HFRA (Healthy Forest Restoration Act).
2. Engage in a collaborative effort with private landowners and affected individuals, groups or organizations to plan and implement fuel reduction projects as individual homes, as neighborhoods and across landscapes. These projects, which will respect private property rights, will emphasize promotion of fuel reduction and community protection and forest restoration projects where private properties adjoin national forest service lands.
3. Seek long-term fuel reduction solutions in our forests that address key environmental concerns while providing viable sources for small diameter timber, saw logs, pulp logs and slash materials (biomass reduction and marketing).
4. Work to promote forest health and an understanding of the fire ecology of our forests.
5. Build a foundation for a sustained fuels management approach to improve the fire resilience of the Chumstick Watershed.
6. Identify and implement projects that will help resource agencies better manage fires and minimize risk to human life (including residents, firefighters and emergency personnel) and property in the CWPP (Community Wildfire Protection Plan) area of the Chumstick Watershed.
7. Cooperatively identify wildfire mitigation potential on federal/state/private lands in the Chumstick Watershed.
8. Assist and advise on strategic fuels reduction and mitigation projects to reduce high intensity hazardous fire risk to residents of the Chumstick Watershed, with an emphasis to maintain and/or improve threatened and endangered species habitat and overall watershed health.
9. Work with public safety agencies and utilities to identify critical infrastructure in the Chumstick Watershed and monitor fire protection of that infrastructure.
Full Charter & Operating Guidelines
