Originally published on April 29, 2021 8:34 am
Workers cut the engines on their chainsaws as a line of cars entered the forest outside Phoenix Wednesday afternoon.
Gov. Kate Brown visited the crews working on the West Bear All-Lands Restoration Project near an area that was hit hard by the Almeda Fire last year.
The project is among several being led by Rogue Forest Partners, a collaboration between four nonprofit and six public agencies working to protect the Rogue Basin’s forests against catastrophic wildfires through management practices such as forest thinning and prescribed burns.
The collaborative recently got a grant from the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, which is largely funded by the Oregon Lottery.
Mountain View Estates one step closer to being turned over to the property owner for rebuilding
The task force is combined of groups from the Oregon Departments of Transportation, Environmental Quality and Emergency Management.
Posted: Apr 28, 2021 2:12 PM
Updated: Apr 28, 2021 4:05 PM
Posted By: Adam Schumes
PHOENIX, Ore. It s been more than six months since the Almeda, South Obenchain, and Slater fires swept through Jackson, Josephine, and Siskiyou counties scorching thousands of acres and leaving thousands of people without their homes or businesses.
Right now, state management crews are working on the process of clearing out the ash and debris and get these areas one step closer to completing the rebuilding process.
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Ruby Reid and her partner Chris started Valhalla Organics in 2017 in Talent at ton-ton’s kitchen.
Their farm in Talent burned down, along with all of their equipment, honey and their house in the Almeda Fire on September 8th, 2020.
They landed in the Klamath Falls area only two weeks after the fire.
They had thought about moving there before the fire to be closer to their bee hives and gardens.
It worked out for them since they had already purchased land in 2017 in Bonanza and hoped it would allow other displaced families to find homes.
“There are so many people that need to stay in that community that have ties, that reasons that they need to be there and if we try to take a place away from one of those families, we didn’t feel good about that,” Reid said.
TALENT, Ore. More transitional housing options for Almeda Fire victims are soon headed to Phoenix and Talent. It’s being called the Gateway Transitional Housing Project.
It’s a joint effort between the Talent Urban Renewal Agency, Phoenix-Talent School District, and Rogue Retreat. It was made possible by a $1.7 million donation from the state and another separate donation from Medford-based People’s Bank.
Rogue Retreat is bringing in 53 RVs to the site. It’ll be at the corner of Highway 99 and West Valley View Road. The Phoenix-Talent School District is working with families who are still looking for housing, to live at the new location.