Community Wildfire Resiliency
Carolina Land & Lakes was awarded the Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) to update the community wildfire protection plans (CWPPs) in North Carolina. CWPPs are strategic plans developed by fire districts to guide wildfire mitigation and facilitate fire adapted communities based on specific community needs.
Carolina Land & Lakes (CLL) was awarded the 2023 Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) to create a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) Qualla Boundary. Carolina Land & Lakes is working with the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), EBCI and other stakeholders located within the landscape. CLL will create the Qualla Boundary CWPP and incorporate the recently revised EBCI Wildland Fire Prevention Plan approved by the BIA Prevention Program Standards.
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Firewise USA
Carolina Land & Lakes is working with the Firewise USA program through National Fire Protection Associations (NFPA) to educate communities in our counties about the risk of wildfire. Firewise USA is a program that educates homeowners about techniques to help reduce the risk of wildfire damage to communities. For more information visit their website
Prescribed Fire Leadership & Partnership
Prescribed Fire & Risk Reduction
Carolina Land & Lakes Executive Director, Melissa Patton, serves as the managing partner for the Piedmont Prescribed Burn Association (PBA), a regional collaboration dedicated to increasing the safe and effective use of prescribed fire as a tool for wildfire risk reduction, forest health, and land stewardship. Through this partnership, we support landowners and communities by advancing training, coordination, and implementation of prescribed burns across the Piedmont region.
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The staff and board of Carolina Land & Lakes are skilled in bringing various stakeholders together in solving common problems or effect positive change through the creation of partnerships. Carolina Land & Lakes helps interested parties articulate concerns, economic and resource impacts in our local communities.
