Name

Long Lake

Priority Landscape Category

20-Year Forest Health Strategic Plan: Eastern WA Priority Landscapes

Description

In the Long Lake priority landscape ownership is 85% small private non-industrial, 7% DNR, 5% State Parks, and 3% other.  35% of the planning area is ponderosa pine and dry mixed-conifer forest, 5% is moist forest, 41% is shrub-steppe, 14% agriculture and developed areas, and 5% rocky outcrops.

• Fire risk is currently moderate to low due to low burn probability. If a fire does occur, there is significant risk of it spreading quickly and threatening the many homes in and around the planning area.
• Most of the forest in the planning area is projected to shift to non-forest by mid-century.
• Treating 34-48% of forested acres is recommended to increase resilience and reduce fire risk to communities using a combination of mechanical treatments, prescribed fire, and maintenance treatments in currently open areas.
• High priority areas for potential treatments that maximize forest health and wildfire response benefit occur in the northern and southeastern portions of the planning area, including Riverside State Park along the Spokane River.

For more information view and download the full landscape evaluation summary.  Data layers assocated with the landscape evaluation are available on Box.

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