In February, Washington Commissioner of Public Lands Peter Goldmark wrote a letter of support from Washington’s Department of Natural Resources for the formation of a prescribed fire council in North-Central Washington.

The Commissioner designated Mark Gray as DNR’s primary contact for the North Central Washington Prescribed Fire Council. Gray is the Assistant Resource Protection Division Manager for Fire Prevention and Community Assistance.

This support follows on the 2009 recommendations of the Forest Fire Prevention and Protection Workgroup identified a desired role for prescribed fire as well as barriers to realizing that role.