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2025 Hazard Mitigation Plan Kittitas County, Washington Chapter 3: Community Profile 40 Table 3-17. State and Local Existing Planning Initiatives Washington State Enhanced Hazard Mitigation Plan (2023) The Washington State Enhanced Hazard Mitigation (SEHMP) Plan , a multi-agency statewide document, profiles hazards, identifies risks and vulnerabilities , and proposes strategies and actions to reduce risks to people, property, the economy, the environment, infrastructure and first responders. It incorporates best practices, programs and knowledge from multiple state agencies, and tracks progress in achieving mitigation goals through state and local programs and strategies. Furthermore, it communicates progress among agency partners and elected leadership. By meeting federal requirements for an enhanced state plan (44 CFR parts 201.4 and 201.5), the SEHMP allows the State to seek significantly higher funding from the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program following presidential declared disasters. The SEHMP provided guidance for the Kittitas County Hazard Mitigation Plan update process. Lead Department Washington Emergency Management Division Washington State’s Integrated Climate Response Strategy (2012) This Strategy was developed as directed by the Legislature under the Integrated Climate Change Response Strategy (Chapter 70A.05 RCW) to enable state and local agencies, public and private businesses, nongovernmental organizations, and individuals to prepare for, address, and adapt to impacts of climate change. Additionally, the Strategy offers recommendations on how existing state policies and programs can better prepare the State to respond to the impacts of climate change. Furthermore, it urges state agencies to make adaptation a standard part of agency planning and ensure that scientific information about climate change impacts accessible to public and private sector decisions makers. It also recommends that state agencies strengthen existing efforts to help local and tribal governments, private and public organizations, and individuals reduce their vulnerability to climate change. During this Hazard Mitigation Plan update, the State was in the process of updating the current Strategy document by September 30, 2024. Lead Department State of Washington Department of Ecology Washington State Infrastructure Protection Plan (2008) The Washington State Infrastructure Protection Plan brings together the voluntary efforts of all levels of government, private sector, and non-governmental organizations. Together they provide the mechanism for identifying critical assets, systems, network s and functions; understanding threats; assessing vulnerabilities and consequences; prioritizing protection initiatives; and enhancing information sharing efforts and applying protective measures within and across sectors. Lead Department Washington State Military Department Yakima River Basin Integrated Plan (2012) The Yakima River Basin Integrated Plan was developed as a comprehensive approach to address a variety of water resource and ecosystem problems affecting fish passage and habitat and agricultural, municipal, and domestic water supplies in the Yakima River Basin. Currently, water resources infrastructure, programs, and policies in the Yakima River Basin have not been capable of consistently meeting aquatic resource demands for fish and wildlife habitat, dry-year irrigation demands, and municipal water supply demands. The Integrated Plan was developed by the United States Bureau of Reclamation and the Washington Department of Ecology, in partnership with the Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project (YRBWEP) Workgroup (composed of representatives of the Yakama Nation, Federal, State, county, and city governments, environmental organizations, and irrigation districts, including the Kittitas Reclamation District). Lead Department State of Washington Department of Ecology