We will conduct planning work to create a Wildfire Prevention Plan of the Westport Volunteer Fire Department Area of Influence. Our 190 sq mi Area of Influence has only two paved roads through rugged wilderness. The remainder are privately owned poorly maintained dirt roads too narrow for safe ingress, egress, passing or turn-arounds for emergency vehicles. Roadside fuel reduction is high priority, including shaded fuel break roadways, prescribed cultural burns, invasive plant removal. We have engaged Wailaki and Cahto tribal members in conducting cultural burn, replanting fuel reduction zones. We will work with our contractors and collaborators as well as our neighboring Fire Departments and tribal neighbors to create our CWPP with harmonized methods across our boundaries. There is not accurate mapping of hazards, nor private roads, therefore we need mapping assistance, lidar data created maps for planning and field work, grant writing assistance, as well as permit assistance.

Capacity - Data and Planning, Capacity - Technical Assistance, Community Health and Safety - Community Emergency Planning, Community Health and Safety - Fire-Safe Roads, Community Health and Safety - Fuel Breaks, Ecosystem Conservation and Restoration - Tribal Ecocultural Restoration, Fire Resilient Forests - Fuel Management, Fire Resilient Forests - Tribal Cultural Fire

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9000 acres