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The SVWFC is the only collaborative in our region working collectively to reduce wildland fire risks in the Sawtooth Valley. Mitigating wildfire hazards in the Sawtooth Valley protects Blaine and Custer Counties from catastrophic fires due to prevailing winds that can funnel fire into the Big Wood and Salmon River drainages. The collaborative structure of SVWFC was not mandated by any law, regulation, or policy, but rather by community-driven need. The tremendous positive impacts of fire collaboratives in other regions of Idaho and the West motivate local stakeholders to work together. The SVWFC aims to better protect local communities from ongoing hazards of wildfires as effectively and efficiently as possible.

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In central Idaho, research shows that hot, dry weather conditions and wildfire patterns will continue to put people and structures at risk and harm our natural ecosystems. On average, 45 fires burn each fire season in the Sawtooth National Forest – half caused by lighting, and half caused by humans. While regular fire is an important and regenerative part of the ecosystem, since the 1980s, the fire season – when the vegetation is dry enough to sustain a fire – has lengthened considerably according to Dr. John Abatzoglou, a scientist who studies climate science, wildfire, and its impact on the American West.

“Over the past 50 years, fires have become much larger, and the amount of landscape being burned is increasing dramatically,” Abatzoglou said. Large, severe fires are highly likely to intensify in Idaho and result in longer wildfire seasons, and increased wildfire frequency, intensity, and total area burned.