Community Wildfire Protection Plan
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Inyo County has published a 2024 update to the Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP). The full document and the Mustang Mesa section are available for download below. Excerpt from the introduction:
The goal of a CWPP is to enable local communities to improve their wildfire-mitigation capacity, while working with government agencies to identify high fire risk areas and prioritize areas for mitigation, fire suppression, and emergency preparedness. Another goal of the CWPP is to enhance public awareness by helping residents better understand the natural and human-caused risk of wildland fires that threaten lives, safety, and values at risk in the local economy. The minimum requirements for a CWPP, as stated in the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (HFRA), are (Society of American Foresters [SAF] 2004):
- Collaboration: Local and state government representatives, in consultation with federal agencies or other interested groups, must collaboratively develop a CWPP.
- Prioritized Fuel Reduction: A CWPP must identify and prioritize areas for hazardous fuels reduction and treatments and recommend the types and methods of treatment that will protect one or more communities at risk (CARs) and their essential infrastructures.
- Treatments of Structural Ignitability: A CWPP must recommend measures that homeowners and communities can take to reduce the ignitability of structures throughout the area addressed by the plan.
It is the intent of this 2024 Inyo County CWPP update to provide a countywide scale of wildfire risk and protection needs, as well as bring together the responsible wildfire management and suppression entities in the area to support planning and implementation of the necessary mitigation measures. Detailed descriptions of the jurisdictions that make up Inyo County and their roles in fire management, are provided in Appendix A.
