Catron County Rural Fire Departments NM State Forestry
Soil & Water Conservation Districts US Forest Service US Bureau of Land Management
       


Catron County Community Wildfire Protection Plan
TABLE OF CONTENTS (Volume 1)

 

Signatures 2
DECLARATION OF AGREEMENT AND CONCURRENCE 2
Table of Contents 4
Preface 6
Introduction 7
Overview: 7
Goals And Objectives 9
Building together to a common goal 9
Collaborative assessment of values at risk and protection priorities 9
Future Desired Condition and Relevant Fire Authorities 9
Desired condition 9
Relevant Authorities 10
Planning Area Boundaries 11
Definitions of areas 11
Planning Process 13
History 13
Collaboration 14
Methodology 16
First Stage Public Involvement 17
Analysis: Design of analysis and determination of data needed 18
Collection and Preparation of Data 19
Analysis Model Development 20
Model Validation 20
Second Stage Public Involvement 21
Draft Plan 21
Public Comment 22
Final Plan 22
Community Profile 23
County Description 23
Fire Threat 34
Vegetation Cover Type 34
Insects And Diseases 34
Values at Risk 35
Structures, infrastructure 35
Economic values (business, industry) 35
Wildlife Habitat 37
Watershed And Wetland Resources 38
Fire Risk/ Risk of Occurrence 39
Fire Regime Condition Class 39
Treatment Priorities 42
Summary of the Analysis Results 43
Summary of the Analysis Results 44
Planning for the Future 46
Recap Of Objectives 46
Implementation/Mitigation 46
Environmental Justice 47
Catastrophic Wildfires and Environmental Justice 48
Prescription Guidelines 50
Hazardous fuels reduction 52
Education And Community Outreach 52
Additional Recommendations 53
Reduce ISO 53
Current Projects And Policies 53
Structure Ignitability 54
Funding 55
Project specific funding 56
Planning Summary 58
Monitoring and Evaluation 59
Who Will Monitor and Evaluate 59
What will be evaluated 60
Funding For Monitoring And Evaluation 62
Appendix 63
Endnotes 63



Ed Wehrheim, Chairman
CWPP Core Group
(505) 533-6423
Don Weaver
CWPP Coordinator
(505) 533-6006
Alex Thal
CWPP Public Interest Team
Lif Strand
CWPP writer & webmaster
Email for above individuals: cwpp@catroncounty.net