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Districts & Disasters – What
Was Old is New Again
2020 NACD Annual Meeting
February 10, 2020
By Craig Nelson -
Okanogan Conservation District, WA

Back to Back Wildfire Years
• 750,000 acres in 17 months
• 450+ homes destroyed
• 3 firefighter fatalities
• 1,000+ cattle killed
• $ M’s of public and ag
infrastructure lost
• Destroyed T&E species habitat

Credit: David Ryders – Reuters News Service

Recovery is a Long Road
• $2.3 million in state funding
for natural resources already
• $500K in emergency feed
• Hydrology risks to be
mitigated for 5+ years
• Record Floods in 2017 and
Drought in 2015 and 2019.

CD Roles
• Preparedness
– Firewise
– Forest Health
– Community
Planning
– Education
– Dry Hydrants
• Recovery &
Mitigation
– BAER Team
– Technical Assistance
– Seeding
– Education
– EWP
– Ag Infrastructure
Rebuild
– Emergency Feed.

Pre-Disaster Planning
• Trained staff
• Inter-local agreements
– Other CDs
– Emergency Management
• Internal policies
– Decision Making Authority
– Contracting
• Emergency Planning Participation.

Disaster Implementation
• Emergency Declaration
• Activate Inter-Local Agreements
• Coordinate with IC
• Outreach
• Collect Damage Information
• Report to public and elected
officials
• Take care of your people
• Determine damages and priorities.

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