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    Consider using the US Forest Service's monitoring tools, including the Design and Analysis Toolkit for Inventory and Monitoring among others, for planning, Adopt planning and land-use policies that support clean air, clean drinking water and pollution-free waterways. Increase efforts and funding towards pollution prevention programs at wastewater facilities. The programs ensure that facilities adhere to available treatment capacity. Use nature-based solutions to improve resilience while promoting biodiversity. Consider becoming a Firewise Community, a process that will prompt the development of a wildfire risk assessment, an action plan, educational outreach and more steps toward fire-readiness. Jurisdictions Consider the use of streamside buffers and beaver support initiatives to increase watershed resilience to fire. Increase and improve stream buffers with cross-community collaboration and watershed plans. Develop a monitoring program for insect infestation and disease outbreaks. Develop and regularly update a coastal erosion assessment to track conditions of coastline bluffs, beaches, access stairs, ramps, outfalls, seawalls or other related infrastructure. Plant native vegetation in the buffer around lakes to help maintain their ecological health and water quality. Create a new, permanent staff position for outreach and education related to forest health. Monitor and track current water conditions and create a baseline report. Compile an expert panel to analyze and identify key stressors on lakes and how to address them to improve the quality. Grow educational and outreach efforts within agencies, community partners and the public to build support for forest management options, including allowing natural fires to burn. Work with neighboring elected officials to establish wildfire mitigation requirements for large-scale areas. Update building codes to remove barriers to composting toilets and tank-to-toilet systems. Design program policies to promote stream and wetland restoration. Ensure adequate retention, drainage and diversion of stormwater. Such policies could also encourage green infrastructure such as grassy Set a goal to become stormwater neutral by increasing the ability of the jurisdiction to capture, infiltrate, retain or evapotranspirate the first inch of rainwater. This achievement would benefit local Evaluate climate-related risks for sludge and biosolids mobility, contamination, storage, and/or processing. Ensure sludge and sewage processing facility placement and design minimize health and environmental Write regulations encouraging the use or integration of living shorelines where feasible. Encourage the installation of graywater systems for water reuse.

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