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Communities umbrella was to expand the Fire Adapted Community learning networks through funding of workshops and peer learning opportunities. The Chumstick Wildfire Stewardship Coalition is a pilot under this program in Leavenworth through the WAFAC. Hidden Valley-Swauk Fire Adapted Community and KCCD secured funding facilitated by WAFAC from federal funding sources like the Fire Learning Network and BLM to help promote Fire Adapted Communities in the Kittitas County area. Through the KFACC group, partners and members continue to meet regularly and move projects forward promoting fire adapted efforts locally including this CWPP update. 5.3 Restoring and Maintaining Resilient Landscapes in Kittitas County Through fire suppression and human development, the changing climate, the terrestrial ecosystem, and the role of wildland fire have been significantly altered over time. Restoring landscapes to a resilient state and promoting fire's natural role in ecosystems where appropriate must be an integral part of increasing the county's resilience to wildfire and becoming fire adapted. To achieve this, an ecosystem-based approach to fire management that incorporates prescribed fire, mechanical thinning, and other vegetation management practices in overall land management planning objectives is important in achieving desired fire effects and mitigating undesirable fire effects on the ecosystem and the built environment. Finally, post wildfire recovery is an important component in resiliency to ensure that any negative fire effects that impact the ecosystem and the community can be addressed to minimize their impact. With the diverse ownership of land, restorative land management will require a collaborative effort among multiple stakeholders. 5.3.7 Ecology/Ecosystem-Based Fire Management Restoration and maintenance strategies should align with the Cohesive Strategy, as outlined below, and integrate the following goals: o Where allowed and feasible, manage wildfire for resource objectives and ecological purposes to restore and maintain fire-adapted ecosystems and achieve fire-resilient landscapes, including the importance of the high-intensity fire regime component. e Restore forest processes that are currently under-represented in the landscape, compared to historical conditions, including low- and mixed-severity fire regimes. o Maintain and promote the growth of specific large tree species, which are also under- represented, across the landscape. o Control and eradicate invasive and noxious weeds. 5.4 Tapash Sustainable Forest Collaborative The Manastash-Taneum Resilient Landscapes Project document (Haugo et al.2016) provides the following background information on the Tapash Sustainable Forest Collaborative: Community Wildfire Protection Plan 40 September 2018