Reducing Wildfire Risk in Island Park: A Forest Health and Community Protection Project

Our framework begins with a core principle: we must focus our efforts where the risk is greatest. National data has identified the Island Park area as a  High-Risk Fireshed  under the USDA Forest Service’s  Wildfire Crisis Strategy .

A fireshed is a large landscape where a wildfire could significantly impact communities and resources we all value. This designation means that the current condition of the forest—with its dense vegetation and high fuel loads—poses an imminent threat to the communities within the fireshed. Therefore, our primary objective within this framework is to develop a strategy that reduces the potential impacts of a wildfire on critical infrastructure, homes, and vital evacuation routes.