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Farmers and Ranchers

Small family farms, ranches, agricultural producers, orchardists, vineyards

Farmers and ranchers have unique considerations when it comes to wildfire preparedness. Resources for structure hardening of homes, barns, and outbuildings, animal evacuation planning, and more are included below. Please note, some resources might be applicable to multiple roles within the community.

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Disaster Recovery Assistance

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USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service disaster recovery assistance programs: Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program, Environmental Quality Incentives Program, Technical Assistance, and more. Read More

Disaster Assistance Programs

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USDA Farm Service Agency
USDA offers a variety of programs to help farmers, ranchers, communities, and businesses that have been hard hit by natural disaster events. This page contains available FSA programs, such as the Livestock Forage Disaster Program; Livestock Indemnity Program; Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish; Emergency Livestock Relief Program; Farm Loans; Emergency Conservation Program;... Read More

CWPP Learning: Facilitating the CWPP Signature Process 

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Washington Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network
For a CWPP to be finalized, it must go through a signatory process. The Healthy Forest Restoration Act requires that three entities must mutually agree to the final contents of a CWPP: the applicable local government (i.e., counties or cities), the local fire department(s); and the state entity responsible for forest management. These resources can help... Read More

CWPP Learning: Defining the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI)

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Washington Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network
Through this webinar recording and associated reference document, learn how to define the WUI, the implications of defining the WUI, types of data to use to help define the WUI, the difference between a Community Wildfire Protection Plan WUI map and the Washington State WUI Building Code map, and considerations to take into account when... Read More

Community Wildfire Protection Planning with The Ember Alliance

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Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network, Watershed Research and Training Center, Coalitions and Collaboratives, Hispanic Access Foundation
Learn all about Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs) in this overview presentation. Read More

California CWPP Toolkit

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CAL FIRE—Office of the State Fire Marshal Community Wildfire Preparedness and Mitigation Division, Community Wildfire Planning Center, Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network, and California Fire Safe Council
The California CWPP Toolkit provides important guidance and resources for communities to develop and implement CWPPs across the state Read More

BLM Fire Prevention

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Bureau of Land Management
This fire prevention video is focused on fire prevention in rangeland ecosystems. Read More

Benefits of Rangeland Burning

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Great Plains Fire Science Exchange
A handout about the benefits of rangeland burning. Read More

Agricultural Conservation Easement Program

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USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
“The Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) protects the agricultural viability and related conservation values of eligible land by limiting nonagricultural uses which negatively affect agricultural uses and conservation values, protect grazing uses and related conservation values by restoring or conserving eligible grazing land, and protecting and restoring and enhancing wetlands on eligible land.” Read More
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Photo Credit: Lenya Quinn-Davidson, Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network