Name

Republic

Priority Landscape Category

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

Description

In the Republic priority landscape (or priority planning area) land ownership is split among the Colville National Forest (58%), private (30%), the Colville Nation (7%) and DNR (4%).

• Treating 32-44% of forested acres (46,500 - 64,000 acres) is recommended to increase resilience and reduce fire risk to communities. This total includes 13,500-20,500 acres of maintenance treatments in currently open areas.
• A combination of mechanical treatments and prescribed fire will be needed. Managed wildfire can also be utilized under the right fire weather and fuel moisture conditions to reduce fuels and tree densities, especially in roadless and other inaccessible areas. It is also a cost effective tool to maintain areas over time once they have been treated.
• Landscape treatment priority is highest around the town of Republic. This area is private land and will require a mix of fuel reduction and defensible space treatments, as well as home hardening, to protect homes and restore resilient forests.
• Blocks of medium and some high priority are scattered throughout most of the rest of the planning area.

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

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