— The Community Planning Assistance for Wildfire program now helps 26 communities reduce wildfire risk through improved land use planning.
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Kelly Pohl
Kelly is a geographer with expertise in community-based trail development, private land conservation, and wildland fire. She holds a M.S. in Geography from Portland State University and a B.S. in Geography from Montana State University.
Planning Tools to Reduce Montana’s Wildfire Risk
— County governments, fire districts and service areas, and landowners have many opportunities to reduce wildfire risk in the wildland-urban interface through land use planning tools and strategies, though challenges in Montana’s regulatory framework remain.
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The Growth of Hispanic Populations Across the West
— Hispanics account for roughly one in four westerners and one in six rural westerners.
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Fire & Flood: Lessons from Hurricane Harvey for Wildfire
— A lack of land use planning amplified the devastation from Hurricane Harvey. Wildfire-prone communities should take note.
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Best Practices for States to Fund Outdoor Recreation
— Seven case studies illustrate best practices and lessons learned to develop programs for outdoor state recreation funding.
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Resilient Taos County: Living with Wildfire
— This story map provides Taos County residents with information about the ecological role of fire, the region’s wildfire risk, forest restoration projects, and emergency preparedness.
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Minority Populations Driving County Growth in the Rural West
— Minority populations are growing in nearly all rural western counties, helping booming communities expand and slowing the decline in counties that otherwise would have lost people.
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Understanding the Recreation Economy on Nearby Public Lands
— How can communities measure and take advantage of the economic impacts of nearby outdoor recreation activities on public lands?
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— The Community Planning Assistance for Wildfire program works with many communities across the U.S.
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