An effort to review how Wasco County’s land-use planning accounts for wildfire has been underway over the past year.  The County received a grant through the Community Planning Assistance for Wildfire program, which provides professional assistance to look at the land-use planning system and do a wildfire hazard assessment.  The County recently received recommendations, which include updating the wildland-urban interface map, changes to the natural hazards section of the County comprehensive plan, and continuing the process of updating the Natural Hazardous Management Plan and moving into the Community Wildfire Protection Plan.  Will Smith of the Wasco County Planning Department says the protection plan work will take place next year.  The work dovetails with the Wasco County 2040 comp plan revision work that is currently underway.