The Adams County Community Wildfire Protection Plan available for public review

The Adams County Community Wildfire Protection Plan has been completed in draft form and is available to the public for review and comment at the locations listed below.

Electronic copies may be viewed in pdf format at http://www.consulting-foresters.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Adams-County-CWPP_v2.pdf.

The public review phase of the planning process will be open from Aug. 10 through Sept. 4.

The draft is available for review at the Ritzville Public Library, Lind Post Office and Othello Public Library.

The Ritzville Public Library is located at 302 West Main Avenue. The Lind Post Office is located at 119 West Second Avenue.

The purpose of the Adams County Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) is to reduce the impact of wildfires on Adams County residents, landowners, businesses, communities, local governments, and state and federal agencies while maintaining appropriate emergency response capabilities and sustainable natural resource management policies.

The CWPP identifies high-risk areas as well as recommend specific projects that may help prevent wildland fires from occurring altogether or, at the least, lessen their impact on residents and property.

The CWPP is being developed by a committee of city and county elected officials and departments, local and state emergency response representatives, land managers, conservation district representatives and others.

The Adams County CWPP includes a risk analysis at the community level with predictive models for where disasters are likely to occur.

This Plan will enable Adams County and its communities to be eligible for grant dollars to implement the projects and mitigation actions identified by the committee.

Although not regulatory, the CWPP will provide valuable information as a plan for the future.

Comments on the CWPP must be submitted to the attention of Brad Tucker, Northwest Management, Inc. at [email protected] or mailed to Northwest Management, Inc., PO Box 9748, Moscow, Idaho 83843 by close of business on Sept.4.

For more information on the Adams County CWPP update process, contact Brad Tucker at 208-883-4488 ext. 117.