ENTERPRISE — The Oregon Department of Forestry announced that fire season began July 1 in the Northeast Oregon District as the vegetation is drying after a rainy last few months.
ENTERPRISE — The Oregon Department of Forestry just announced that fire season has officially begun as of July 1st in the Northeast Oregon District as the vegetation is drying after
LA GRANDE — The second phase of the Red Apple Forest Management project at Mount Emily Recreation Area could happen earlier than anticipated, but the timeline is still undecided, according
Federal support for Oregon forests is coming in three forms:
$5 million in new funding from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Issued under the NRCSâ Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP), these will assist individual landowners to treat privately owned, non-industrial forestland.
Up to $75 million that the federal Farm Service Agency is making available through its Emergency Forest Restoration Program. This money is earmarked to aid small woodland owners with cleanup and restoration in the wake of the Labor Day wildfires.
Joint Chiefs projects, which are a partnership between NRCS and the USDA Forest Service to complete treatments on federal lands and adjoining non-industrial private forestlands. Since 2014 ODF has been partner to 10 such forest restoration projects, helping create landscape-scale environmental benefits, such as greater resilience to drought and wildfire. The most recently announced project will treat forestlands in Deschutes and J
Federal funding to help Oregon boost forest restoration work
Oregon Dept. of Forestry
Thousands of Oregon landowners are needing to reforest after the devastating 2020 wildfires.
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Department of Forestry said Thursday the state will be able to greatly increase treatments on overcrowded forestlands to improve forest health and reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire, thanks to new federal grants announced this spring.
ODF Family Forestland Coordinator Ryan Gordon says federal support for Oregon forests is coming in three forms.
$5 million in new funding from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Issued under the NRCS’ Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP), these will assist individual landowners to treat privately owned, non-industrial forestland.