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Stehekin Valley Community Wildfire Protection Plan FINAL Stehekin Valley Community Wildfire Protection Plan April 2008 Prepared by Concerned citizens of the Stehekin Valley and the Cascadia Conservation District with assistance from North Cascades National Park, Washington Department of Natural Resources, Chelan County Fire District #10, and United States Forest Service _______________________________ _______________________________ Vicki Christiansen Buell Hawkins, Executive Director of Regulatory Programs Chelan County Commissioner Washington State Forester _______________________________ _______________________________ Robert Nielsen, Chief Cragg Courtney, Chelan County Fire District #10 Landowner _______________________________ _______________________________ Laurie Thompson, Judy Clark, Landowner Landowner Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION..........................................................................................................1 Vision and Goals......................................................................................................1 Community Awareness ...........................................................................................1 Values .....................................................................................................................2 2. PLANNING AREA........................................................................................................3 General Description of the Area ..............................................................................3 General Description of Planning Area Regions ......................................................3 3. PLANNING PROCESS.................................................................................................6 Background..............................................................................................................6 Process and Partners ................................................................................................8 4. ASSESSMENT ...............................................................................................................9 Existing Information ................................................................................................9 Recent Fire History..................................................................................................9 Boulder Fire Complex 1994.................................................................................9 Flat Creek and Glory Mountain fires 2000 and 2001 ........................................10 Shady Fire 2005 .................................................................................................10 Flick Fire 2006...................................................................................................10 Tolo Fire 2007....................................................................................................10 Fire Ecology ..........................................................................................................13 Fire Regimes ..........................................................................................................14 Lodgepole Pine ..................................................................................................14 Subalpine............................................................................................................14 Mountain Hemlock and Subalpine ....................................................................14 Subalpine Meadow.............................................................................................15 Protection Capabilities...........................................................................................17 Structural Vulnerability .........................................................................................18 Key Contacts..........................................................................................................18 5. RISK EVALUATION..................................................................................................19 Access ....................................................................................................................19 Evacuation..............................................................................................................19 Staging Area...........................................................................................................19 Water Supplies.......................................................................................................20 Fuel Breaks and Safety Zones................................................................................20 ii 6. CURRENT ACTIVITIES ...........................................................................................21 Protection Measures...............................................................................................21 Existing Procedures ...............................................................................................21 Coordination with National Park Service ..............................................................21 National Park Treatments ..................................................................................21 Forest Fuel Reduction........................................................................................22 Road Corridor: Escape Routes...........................................................................22 Thinning of Understory Trees............................................................................22 Treatment of Potential Road Obstructions.........................................................22 Prescribed Fire Units..........................................................................................22 Stehekin Contours Unit......................................................................................22 Fire District 10 .......................................................................................................23 7. PLAN MAINTENANCE.............................................................................................25 8. MITIGATION ACTION PLAN.................................................................................26 Fuels Reduction .....................................................................................................26 Education and Outreach.........................................................................................26 Improving Protection Capabilities/Human Safety.................................................27 iii List of Tables Table 1. Fires greater than 30 acres since 1994 within the North Cascades Complex (east and south of Cascade Pass)…………………………………………...……………..9 Table 2. Completed, planned or proposed contours prescribed fire units in the Stehekin CWPP area……………………………………………………………………………….23 List of Figures Overview of Planning Area .................................................................................................5 Major Fires 1970-2007 ......................................................................................................12 Dominant Vegetation.........................................................................................................16 Planned & Proposed Projects.............................................................................................24 iv 1. Introduction Stehekin is a remote community different from any other in the lower 48 states. It is accessible to outside resources only by air, boat, or foot travel. The shortest trail into the community is approximately 18 miles long. The remoteness of the Stehekin Valley creates issues for timely access of sufficient fire fighting resources and efficiency of Jet A fuel availability. Stehekin abuts the north end of Lake Chelan and is surrounded by contiguous forest in the lower elevations. The area has had a number of significant wildfires and a history of fire suppression activities which have led to increased fuel loading and arboreal insect and disease issues. Homeowners in the Stehekin Valley have been concerned about the effects of wildfire for some time. The Tolo (2007), Domke (2007), Flick Creek (2006), Shady (2005), Sisi Ridge (2004), Deep Harbor (2004), Rex Creek (2001), Glory (2001), and Flat Creek (2000) fires were in the immediate vicinity of the community. These events motivated residents of the valley to develop Chelan County Fire District #10 in 2007. Stehekin is also a federally listed “Community at Risk” for wildfire (Federal Register Vol.66 number 160 Aug 17, 2001). Visions and Goals The citizens value their homes, forested setting and privacy. Their overarching aim is to protect the community, its members, and essential infrastructure from fire through outreach, strategic planning and action. The primary goal of the Stehekin Valley Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) is to identify and implement projects that will protect people in the CWPP area, including residents, National Park staff, firefighters, visitors, and emergency personnel, from injury and loss of life. The secondary goal is to minimize or eliminate damage or loss of property and essential infrastructure due to wildfire. Community Awareness Residents of the Stehekin Valley area are very aware of the need to develop a CWPP. Recent large fires in the vicinity have affected the valley and highlighted the importance of developing a wildfire protection plan. Most of the forest on both sides of Lake Chelan has burned in recent wildfires, leaving the forest surrounding Stehekin the last unburned area in the drainage.
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