One Way In, One Way Out: How the Cle Elum Valley Is Building Its Way to Resilience

Our conference location, Suncadia Resort, sits at the southern end of the Cle Elum Valley – one of Washington’s highest priority landscapes for fire work, and one way in one way out residential and recreation corridor. Since the 2017 Jolly Mountain Fire threatened communities in the valley multiple partners including the WA Department of Natural Resources, Suncadia Resort, Puget Sound Energy, Upper Kittitas County Fuels, The Nature Conservancy, USDA Forest Service, and multiple local fire departments have worked cooperatively on a host of mitigation projects covering thousands of acres and hundreds of homes.