Northwest Management developed the Shoshone County Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) in the summer of 2002.  The Interagency Working Group (IWG) comprised of representation from Shoshone County, U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Idaho Department of Lands, Fire Districts and the Mayors of seven cities participated in the development of the plan, which began implementation in the fall of 2002.  The IWG began developing projects that fell within the high and moderate risk community areas identified in the CWPP.  The IWG meets bi-monthly for updates and progress reports for each identified project area and have developed the Shoshone County Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Designation map.

The Shoshone County Fire Mitigation crews are in their fifth season of creating defensible space around homes and implementing fuel breaks around communities on private property.  To date there have been over 500 acres treated with over 800 structures being protected by these treatments.  The U.S. Forest Service has three projects in  planning stages, one that should begin work on the ground in 2007.  The Bureau of Land Management has five projects of which two are complete.

 

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