This option appears in resilience plans from around the country.
| Option from plan | Hazards Sort descending | Assets | Region | Source Plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restore disturbance regimes as appropriate to emerging conditions, including instituting human-assisted disturbance where necessary (e.g., prescribed fire). | Wildfire | Natural Areas and Wildlife | National | USFWS National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy |
| Implement applicable wildfire risk mitigation techniques such as prescribed/controlled burns on pilot forests | Wildfire | Natural Areas and Wildlife | Midwest | Denver, CO Climate Action Plan |
| Protect parks and facilities from the increased risk of urban and rural fire through increased underbrush clearing, perimeter protection and adequate patrol and staffing. | Wildfire | Urban Landscape and Tree CanopyAquatic and Marine ResourcesNatural Areas and WildlifeProperty | Southwest | City of Santa Cruz, CA Climate Action Plan |
| Establish long-term governmental agreements with federal, state, local, tribal, nonprofit and private partners to implement aggressive forest thinning, prescribed burning, post-treatment monitoring and | Wildfire | Agriculture and Food SupplyWater Infrastructure – WastewaterNatural Areas and Wildlife | Southwest | Flagstaff Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (p. 70) |
| Sponsor local volunteer events to reduce fuel loads along the wildland-urban interface. | Wildfire | Agriculture and Food SupplyUrban Landscape and Tree CanopyWater Infrastructure – WastewaterNatural Areas and Wildlife | National | HUD Community Resilience Toolkit (p. 21) |
| Increase prescribed fire and thinning, when and where appropriate. | Wildfire | Agriculture and Food SupplyAquatic and Marine ResourcesNatural Areas and Wildlife | Northwest | Missoula, MT Regional Adaptation Strategy (p. 46 (pdf p. 62)) |
| Evaluate and implement slash removal methods that minimize smoke production, such as air curtain burners. | Wildfire | Natural Areas and Wildlife | Northwest | Ashland Climate and Energy Action Plan (p. 93) |
| Conduct regular brush management in high wildfire risk zones. | Wildfire | Natural Areas and Wildlife | Southwest | Climate Resilient San Diego (p. 54 (pdf p. 60)) |
| Identify locations of controlled (prescribed) burns and track them in a database. | Wildfire | Agriculture and Food SupplyWater Infrastructure – WastewaterNatural Areas and WildlifeProperty | Southeast | Planning for Climate Resilience—City of Asheville, North Carolina (p. 114) |
| Encourage local utilities to collaborate with adjacent landowners to reduce flammable vegetation and wildland fire risk along transmission lines and near critical infrastructure. Include efforts to increase | Wildfire | Urban Landscape and Tree CanopyCritical FacilitiesEnergy and UtilitiesProperty | Northwest | City of Seattle, WA: Preparing for a Changing Climate (p. 27 (pdf p. 61)) |
| Develop policies for addressing controlled (prescribed) burn requests from property owners. | Wildfire | Natural Areas and WildlifeProperty | Southeast | Planning for Climate Resilience—City of Asheville, North Carolina (p. 114) |
| Implement natural fuel reduction activities fire-prone areas, such as grubbing out or conducting controlled burns underneath mature forests. | Wildfire | Agriculture and Food SupplyAquatic and Marine ResourcesNatural Areas and WildlifeProperty | Southeast | Triangle Region, NC Regional Resilience Assessment (p. 211 (pdf p. 223)) |
| Develop a local forest management taskforce comprised of of forestry and fire management professionals, local government stakeholders, private businesses, local community members and non-profits. The | Wildfire | Agriculture and Food SupplyUrban Landscape and Tree CanopyAquatic and Marine ResourcesEconomyNatural Areas and WildlifeProperty | Southwest | Statewide Summary Report: California's Fourth Climate Change Assessment |
| Establish partnerships to conduct prescribed burns in priority areas and manage forests at an ecologically meaningful scale. | Wildfire | Natural Areas and Wildlife | Southwest | Statewide Summary Report: California's Fourth Climate Change Assessment |
