Conserving resources for healthy communities
Conserving resources for healthy communities
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.
Carolina Land & Lakes (CLL) was awarded the 2023 Community Wildfire Defense Grant to create a CWPP for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) Qualla Boundary, working with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, EBCI, and other stakeholders.
Counties outlined in blue indicate areas with completed Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs).
Carolina Land & Lakes is working with the Firewise USA program through the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) to educate communities about the risk of wildfire.
Firewise USA educates homeowners about techniques to help reduce the risk of wildfire damage to communities. The “Good Fire in the Mountains” workshop was held to educate community members about prescribed fire and how to reduce wildfire risk.
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.
