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<br /> <br /> <br />Community Wildfire Protection Plan 61 September 2018 <br />Stakeholder Group Overview of Roles <br />State Partners <br />DNR <br />• State agency providing fire resources and information, including burn permits, air quality updates, current <br />fire restrictions, and historical fire information <br />• Co-land manager of the Teanaway Community Forest, a high recreational use area in Kittitas County that is <br />culturally and ecologically sensitive <br />WDFW <br />• State agency that is a landowner/land manager in Kittitas County <br />• Co-manager of the Teanaway Community Forest, a high recreational use area in Kittitas County that is <br />culturally and ecologically sensitive <br />Washington Department of Ecology • State agency that monitors and reports air quality conditions and establishes burn ban regulations and burn <br />permits <br />WAFAC <br />• Network of practitioners that provides communities with resources to develop innovative solutions, work <br />with local partners, engage with other member communities, and increase local capacity to work and live <br />better with wildfire <br />Washington Resource Conservation and <br />Development Council <br />• Non-profit organization that provides resources for facilitation, planning, coordination, and implementation <br />of natural resource conservation and community development initiatives such as the WAFAC, Yakima Basin <br />Clean Water Partnership, and Yakima Tributary Habitat & Access Program <br />• Fiscal sponsor for the Washington Prescribed Fire Council, Chumstick Wildfire Stewardship Coalition, KFACC, <br />Tapash Sustainable Forest Collaborative, and the South Central Washington Coordinated Weed <br />Management Area <br />The Nature Conservancy <br />• Forest manager of the Central Cascades Forest <br />• Member of the Tapash Sustainable Forest Collaborative and Manastash – Taneum Resilient Landscapes – <br />Restoration Project among many other local and statewide landscape and community resiliency projects <br />Tapash Sustainable Forest Collaborative <br />• Federal, state, and local agencies and non-profit organizations working in partnership to improve ecosystem <br />health and natural functions of the eastern Cascades landscape through the use of best available science, <br />community input, and adaptive management <br />Federal and Tribe Partners <br />USFS • Manages Okanogan Wenatchee National Forest and Mount Baker Snoqualmie National Forest <br />• Local support and resources also include Cle Elum Ranger District <br />Yakama Nation • Maintains a culturally sensitive site inventory for lands on and off the reservation and in Kittitas County has a <br />significant role in fish habitat restoration and cultural value <br />BLM • Manages public lands out of the Wenatchee Field Office