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Teanaway Landscape Evaluation Summary (2020) | Page 7 Figure 11. Landscape prioritization of dual benefits using PODs as a spatial framework to summarize treatment priorities. Both maps display landscape treatment priority within PODs and wildfire response benefit within PCLs. The map on the left shows the datasets at the raster level, while the map on the right shows the same information summarized and ranked within PODs and PCLs. PCL width is inflated to display spatial patterns. PODs shown here are part of an ongoing process towards an all-lands delineation; POD boundaries are subject to change following on-the-ground vetting and continued dialogue among wildfire agencies and stakeholders. Prioritizing Landscape Treatments for Dual Benefits Integration of forest health and wildfire response benefit using PODs Potential Operational Delineations (PODs) provide a pow- erful spatial framework to communicate and identify lo- cations that will deliver dual benefits for forest health and wildfire response at the landscape scale. PODs are large landscape areas delimited by Potential Control Lines (PCLs) for fire operations (suppression, prescribed fire, and managed wildfire) delineated by fire operations per- sonnel. PCLs can be roads, ridgelines, or any artificial or natural fuelbreak that provides a strategic opportunity for fire operations. Summarizing landscape treatment priori- ties (Fig. 9) within PODs and wildfire response benefit pri- orities (Fig. 10) within PCLs enables planners and managers to identify, at a high level, locations where for- est health or fuels treatments can be connected to a high- priority PCL that will support firefighter operations (e.g. ingress/egress route or opportunity for engagement). There is important work to do in all Teanaway PODs to achieve the forest health treatment targets in Table 1. First and second priority PODs include the Teanaway Commu- nity Forest and PODs along the southern boundary of the planning area bordering the Cle Elum planning area. PCLs vary in priority, reflecting variability in values at risk along POD boundaries (Fig. 10). Further work is needed to as- sess PCLs locally for their condition and detailed treat- ment needs, which will depend on management goals and values at risk. Ideally, landscape treatments will be imple- mented adjacent to priority PCLs where feasible to max- imize both forest health and wildfire response goals. Achieving forest health and wildfire response dual bene- fits will require primarily large, landscape-level treatments across PODs (~100’s-1,000’s of acres) and, to a lesser ex- tent, targeted treatments along PCLs. These two ap- proaches combined will contribute to restoring and maintaining large portions of the landscape in a resilient condition while providing safe and effective areas for fire- fighter engagement during suppression, prescribed fire, or managed wildfire operations. Achieving forest health and wildfire response goals will require primarily large, landscape-level treat- ments across PODs (~100’s-1,000’s of acres) and, to a lesser extent, targeted treatments along PCLs.