by Molly Mowery | Apr 15, 2021 | News
CWPC’s Executive Director, Molly Mowery, provided this year’s Norman Williams Distinguished Lecture In Land Use Planning and Law, hosted by the Vermont Law School’s Environmental Law Center. Watch Molly’s lecture to learn more about the history of the wildland-urban...
by Molly Mowery | Mar 11, 2021 | News
Read CWPC’s recent post featured on the Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network blog to learn more about how land use planning provides an important role in wildfire risk reduction....
by Molly Mowery | Feb 10, 2021 | News
CWPC released a new report, Land Use Planning Approaches in the Wildland-Urban Interface—an analysis of four western states: California, Colorado, Montana, and Washington. This report provides a synthesis of how each state’s land use planning framework addresses the...
by Molly Mowery | Jan 15, 2021 | News
Although natural hazard disclosure statements were already a legal requirement in California, recent legislation (Assembly Bill 38, 2019) now greatly expands the scope of the disclosure for properties located in a high or very high fire hazard severity zone. On or...
by Molly Mowery | Jan 1, 2021 | News
Molly Mowery, Executive Director of the Community Wildfire Planning Center, recently presented on the importance of community resilience during an online forum hosted by The Nature Conservancy. Other distinguished speakers included Robert Bonnie, who serves as the...
by Molly Mowery | Oct 29, 2020 | News
The Urban Land Institute (ULI) is hosting a webinar on wildfire and resilience on October 30, 2020. CWPC is thrilled to be part of the panel to share our expertise and tips on land use best practices:...
by Molly Mowery | Oct 28, 2020 | News
NPR recently highlighted the role of REALFire and similar voluntary programs as a key strategy for communities to address wildfire. Listen to Mike Budd (CWPC Director) and Eric Lovgren (Eagle County Wildfire Mitigation Specialist) discuss the program here:...
by Molly Mowery | Sep 20, 2020 | News
CWPC shared insights on post-mitigation successes during the Colorado Wildland Fire Conference (September 2020) https://www.wildfire-colorado.com/
by Molly Mowery | Oct 29, 2019 | News
CWPC partners with Eagle County to highlight the role of mitigation during the Lake Christine Wildfire (October 2019): https://www.aspenpublicradio.org/post/mitigation-played-important-role-saving-homes-during-lake-christine-new-report-says
by Kelly Johnston | Sep 1, 2018 | News
In September 2018, members from CWPC attended the Colorado Wildland Fire conference (http://www.wildfire-colorado.com/) in Crested Butte. Kelly Johnston (left) provided demonstrations of the program app used to collect field data on wildfire vulnerabilities. CPWC also...
