Despite the shift in wildfire control policies in recent years toward allowing wildfires to burn, such policies are neither practical nor safe within the Reservation, given the relatively confined extent of forest lands and the presence of significant urban/forest interface. Policy emphasis within the Reservation, therefore, must still favor control, containment, and extinguishment, relying instead on proper application of forest management practices to help promote effective wildfire control. Such policies and practices would include increased management emphasis on habitat enhancement and diversity to improve overall resilience of stands and species, thinning of stands where useful or appropriate, and elimination of fuel loads in areas within and adjacent to the urban/forest interface. Coordination of management policies and practices with other agencies would further promote effective control policies across fee lands within the Reservation.
Tribe: Swinomish Tribe
View Source Document: Swinomish Climate Change Initiative Climate Adaptation Action Plan
Year: 2010
Topic:
Increased Wildfire Risk: Improved/revised forest management policies and practices.
(view all topics in the plan)
Region: Northwest
Timeframe: 1-3 years
