Climate Change
This assessment was finalized in 2025. It studies the connections between various climate change impacts that are specific to North Central Washington, and their associated level of risk, combined with understanding which populations are most vulnerable and/or have less adaptive capacity to deal with those impacts. The assessment highlights positive resiliency and adaptive actions in the region as well as areas where improvement is needed for the sake of human and environmental health.
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The link above is the full report, and the executive summary can be found here.
Adopted in late March 2025, this finalized CWPP assesses the county’s wildfire risk and establishes a clear set of priorities and strategies to reduce threats to communities, infrastructure, and natural resources. Developed through a collaborative process with fire districts, public agencies, and community stakeholders, the plan includes actionable mitigation measures, fuels treatment recommendations, and tools to bolster preparedness and resilience across vulnerable areas.
Sustainable NCW, along with Chelan Co PUD and Douglas Co PUD, is a lead partner in the Game Changer action a Post Carbon Economy in the most recent version of the Our Valley Our Future Action Plan. You can find the PCE Game Changer on page 21 of the OVOF Action Plan. This work began in summer 2022 and will involve hiring a consultant to perform a greenhouse gas emissions inventory and climate action plan. ​​​
350 Wenatchee is part of 350.org's network, and they regularly partner with Climate Conversations NCW to advocate for climate policy in the Wenatchee area. Join the conversation on Facebook here.
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Citizens' Climate Lobby is regular people in WA State working together to get climate laws passed at the federal and state levels. They advance productive conversations about climate solutions, build support for climate action with community leaders and meet with members of Congress to advocate for effective climate solutions.​
This map, created by the WA State Department of Ecology, shows real-time air quality data for anywhere in the state.
Clean Air Methow seeks to create solutions for a sustainably clean airshed and “breathing room” for everybody. Due in part to the Methow Valley’s geophysical landscape and the widespread use of woodstoves, outdoor residential and silviculture burning, the towns of Twisp and Winthrop experience some of the worst PM2.5 air pollution in the Pacific Northwest. This longstanding problem is being exacerbated by increasingly frequent and severe wildfire smoke.
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Resilient Methow is an offshoot of the Methow Valley Citizen's Council. The MVCC and over 45 other local organizations, agencies, and community leaders developed a Climate Action Plan for the Methow Valley. This community-driven, collaborative effort involves representatives from the agriculture, health and emergency services, infrastructure, natural systems, and economic sectors of the valley.