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Protecting ResourcesPreparation . Response . Recovery
Christy Wyckoff
Senior Wildlife Ecologist, Santa Lucia Conservancy
Santa Lucia Conservancy• Manage lands of the Santa Lucia
Preserve
• 20,000 acre Conservation Development
• 90% Permanently Protected• 10,000 acres in fee
• 8,000 acres of easements
• ≤ 2,000 acres developed footprint• 296 home sites, social club and golf club
• Historical cattle ranch
• High biodiversity
The Unique Role of a Land Trust
• It is our job to protect the resources
• We are landowners and partners
• Have agency relationships
• Think in landscapes
• Know our sensitive resources
• Recognize fire is a natural process
• Able to inform fire suppression activities
Fire Suppression Response
• Fire response depends on:• Who owns the land
• Size of incident
• Cooperative agreements
• Local Fire Departments
• Regional Fire Districts
• Cal Fire (local, regional, state)
• Get to know them before the fire
Incident Command
• The Incident Command System (ICS) • Standardized approach
• Common hierarchy
• Works across multiple
agencies
Soberanes Fire
• Ignition July 22, 2016
• Preserve became primary defense of Carmel Valley WUI
• First two weeks of fire response
Fire Suppression Impacts
• 1700 acres burned (~10%)
• 38 miles of bull dozer lines• 12 miles of trails and roads
• Cal Fire records 24 miles
• 2 weeks of fire fighting
• 6 weeks of Fire Suppression Repair
Fire Mosaic = Endangered Habitat
A black-backed woodpecker in Stanislaus National Forest
Credit: Noah Berger for The New York Times
Fire Following SpeciesFire Loving Species
Redwood seedlings post fire with root sprouts in background
Credit: Christy Wyckoff/SLC
Conserved Lands and the Firescape
Sequoia National Forest 2016 Lance Cheung/US Department of Agriculture via Flicker