News
Next Meeting
UPDATE: More information coming soon about the new CWSC meeting schedule!!!
FIRE INFORMATION
As of 8/23 PM: Tumwater Canyon Fire 100% contained and estimated at 458 acres. You can click HERE for maps and more. Cause under investigation. Hwy 2 open- watch for fire suppression traffic. Scroll down to the CWSC Twitter feed near the bottom of this News box for the most up to date information.
Smoke in the air is a good reminder of what can happen-- so take this opportunity to move wood piles away from your home, remove ladder fuel and thin out dead brush.
Chumstick Environmental Assessment
The Chumstick Hazardous Fuels Reduction Environmental Assessment was published March 7, 2011. An electronic copy of the document can be viewed here.
CWSC Featured in Wilderness Society Newsletter!
The CWSC was featured in the January News of the North Cascades Newsletter. Read the article here!
Monitoring in Progress!
Check out this great article on the work of the CWSC Monitoring Committee. The Monitoring Program is made possible by the Mountaineers Foundation.
CWSC on TV!
KCTS 9 Documentary - "North Cascades: People, Places and Stories"
Private Lands Cost-Share Opportunity!
Download the application and supplemental questionnaire 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
