Expedite restoration of damaged landscapes.
1. Utilize existing and establish new expedited procedures, authorities and funding to mitigate and restore landscapes impacted by natural disturbances with potential unwanted consequences.
2. Develop post fire risk assessments for damaged areas and develop tools to address fire impacts to include: infrastructure, water, fuels, natural and cultural resources, roads and access, both short- and long-term.
3. Identify where investments are likely or not likely to restore areas to assist in prioritization of resources (i.e. funding, personnel, available seed, etc.).
4. Prioritize investments where funding for response to disturbance can also contribute to local collaborative fire adapted communities, wildland fire response capacities, and biomass opportunities.
5. Include local stakeholder representatives and potential funding agencies/organizations in pre-planning, suppression repoair and burned area emergency response planning implementation, research and monitoring.
6. Provide for aggressive response in areas of natural disturbance with high potential of unwanted consequences with low probability of success in restoration.
Short Term (0-2 years), Mid Term (2-4 years), Long Term (>4 years), & Ongoing
Other leads: NGOs. Other Collaborators: Local and Tribal governments, NRCS.
