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    Flagstaff Climate Action and Adaptation Plan

    This Climate Action and Adaptation Plan will guide the Flagstaff community in preparing for climate risks, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and protecting the wellbeing of residents for decades to come.

    Year
    2024

    Details

    Hazards
    Changing Seasons
    Drought
    Extreme Heat
    Flooding – General
    Water Quality
    Assets
    Economy
    Forestry
    Natural Areas and Wildlife
    People
    Sources
    City of Flagstaff, AZ
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    Options Used

    Identify permanent funding from the local government to support forest health improvements that would reduce wildfire risk and provide ecosystem service protection. Establish long-term governmental agreements with federal, state, local, tribal, nonprofit and private partners to implement aggressive forest thinning, prescribed burning, post-treatment monitoring and Support forest product industry innovation and the construction of a biomass-based energy facility to use the abundant forest products resulting from the thinning and restoration of regional forests.

    Relevant Options

    Diversify food supply chains to prepare for potential impacts from changing seasons and extreme events. For example, support local food production by promoting new technologies, encouraging farmers to Expand and diversify the timber market, for example, with small diameter mass timber. Promote opportunities for controlled-environment agriculture (e.g., hydroponics, aquaculture) to increase local food production of food that is less energy and water intensive and protected from climate

    Steps to Resilience

    Get Started
    Understand Exposure
    Assess Vulnerability & Risk
    Investigate Options
    Prioritize & Plan
    Take Action

    Plans

    Flagstaff Climate Action and Adaptation Plan

    Organizations

    City of Flagstaff, AZ
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