Regional Strategy Committees
To coordinate the regional assessments, the WFEC has chartered three Regional Strategy Committees (RSC), one for each region delineated in the Cohesive Strategy.
- Southeastern Regional Strategy Committee
- Northeastern Regional Strategy Committee
- Western Regional Strategy Committee
Each RSC will provide executive leadership, oversight and guidance within their respective region for completing the tasks assigned by the WFEC during Phases II and III of the Cohesive Strategy implementation. During Phase II, each RSC is tasked to complete a regional assessment through a defined planning and analysis process, including the articulation of regional goals, objectives and portfolios of activities and actions that support the goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy (PDF, 1.7 MB).
During Phase III, each RSC will be tasked by the WFEC to participate in the completion of a national risk trade-off analysis. Each RSC reports directly to the WFEC and will provide a recommendation for each assigned task directly to the WFEC for their consideration. The WFEC reports and provides recommendations to the WFLC for approval.
Membership of the Western, Southeastern, and Northeastern Regional Strategy Committees is available:
- Regional Strategy Committees Membership (PDF, 31 KB)
Regional Strategy Committee meetings are identifed on their web pages.
Working Groups
RSCs may appoint regional or sub-regional Working Groups to support the development of regional goals, objectives and portfolios of actions and activities.
Working Groups will be formed at the regional or sub-regional level. If the region does not delineate sub-regions, there will be one Working Group to support the analysis at the regional-level. If a region delineates sub-regions, there will be one Working Group formed for each sub-region. The Regional Strategy Committee will assign members from the sub-regional working groups to assist in conducting and developing the regional goals, objectives and portfolios of actions and activities.
Each RSC will determine the appropriate membership on the Working Group(s) to ensure necessary input from land managers, stakeholders, partners, and others.