NOTE: This network is not currently active. Please visit the Regional Networks page for a list of current FLNs.
The Centennial FLN is preparing the landscape—both natural and
human—so that fire can once again roam and fill its ecological role. To this
end, the Lakeview Community Protection Project has completed thinning in nearly
all the private forests in the area, and the Bureau of Land Management and U.S.
Fish & Wildlife Service are developing complementary projects on lands
around the town. This will allow managers to let natural fires in the nearby
wilderness to burn safely, and will lower the risk to fire workers if extreme
fire conditions warrant fire suppression. The Centennial FLN is also working to
protect threatened species, such as sage-grouse; planning for climate change;
building landscape connectivity and providing leadership.
This network works with
the Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network in Island Park (Idaho), on the other side of the
Centennial Mountains. The groups have a mutual interest
in developing coordinated plans to manage fire safely, cost-effectively,
efficiently, wisely, and for the greatest benefit.
Learn more:
Fact sheet: an introduction to this network, including a map and partner
list, from the latest FLN Field Guide
Poster: from the June 2015 national FLN workshop;
based on the fact sheet above, with additional information
Poster: from the June 2014 national FLN workshop
FLN publications about
the Centennial:
FLN Notes from the Field: Centennial Valley
August 2011 Field Tours
FLN Dispatch: Centennial Valley Joins FLN (2010)
