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WRAP Fire & Smoke Workgroup
Priorities and Projects
Sara StrachanIdaho Dept. of Environmental [email protected]
Improve activity data to support fire and smoke emissions
inventory
Determine natural source contributions to Regional Haze
Evaluate Smoke Management Programs and Plans
Support Exceptional Events assessment efforts
Review fire and smoke emissions in modeling studies
Improve coordination between States, Tribes, and Federal
Agencies
Workgroup Priorities
Co-chairs:
Carolyn Kelly, Quinault Indian Nation
Josh Hall, US Forest Service
Sara Strachan, Idaho DEQ
Members represent:
4 Federal agencies (BLM, NPS, EPA, USFS)
4 States (NV, CO, UT, CA)
2 Tribes (Nez Perce, Kootenai)
Workgroup Participants
Activity data to support emissions inventory
FETS and WRAP Fire Tools
Review current functions
Identify improvements to track activity amd improve emissions
estimates
Update state, tribal, and federal data streams
Add PFIRS tracking and SmartFire/Bluesky forecasting data
streams
Workgroup Projects for 2017-18 (1)
Natural source contributions to Regional Haze
Coordinate with WRAP Regional Technical Operations and
Regional Haze Planning Workgroups
Identify potential methodologies to determine future year
emissions of fire and smoke
Synthesize current research
Workgroup Projects for 2017-18 (2)
Evaluation of Smoke Management Programs
Review current state Smoke Mangement Programs and Plans
Determine effects of Smoke Management Programs on
Regional Haze controls
Identify Smoke Management Plans certified by states for use
in prescribed burn exceptional event demonstrations
Workgroup Projects for 2017-18 (3)
Exceptional Events
Survey states that are developing Mitigation Plans
Compile elements of Mitigation Plans
Identify key data to collect for exceptional event
demonstrations
Workgroup Projects for 2017-18 (4)
Smoke emissions modeling
Identify emissions and modeling for fire-related ozone
background and regional transport evaluation
Specify modeling studies of fire emissions and impact
analysis
Workgroup Projects for 2017-18 (5)
Inter-agency fire and smoke coordination
During wildfire season: establish how agencies interact and
determine how to improve
For general smoke management: identify ways agencies can
improve coordination
Workgroup Projects for 2017-18 (6)
Carolyn Kelly: [email protected]
Josh Hall : [email protected]
Sara Strachan: [email protected]
Tom Moore: [email protected]
Workgroup Contacts
