In addition to hosting more than two dozen webinars that have been viewed by thousands of people, in the last four years the program has facilitated community preparedness partnerships and landscape planning processes.
Learn about plants that can help you reduce the risk of fire while also creating an attractive environment. See why landscape maintenance and plant placement are just as critical as plant selection.
OSU Extension foresters helped recruit and train a group of forest technicians who have completed 241 forest management plans representing 143,683 acres, primarily in Baker, Umatilla, Union and Wallowa counties.
John Punches |
Mar 2024 |
Impact story
Credit: Central Oregon Fire Prevention Cooperative (Cropped from original)
OSU Extension and Oregon State Fire Marshal co-facilitated project organization, script writing, reviewing, filming and collection of previous footage to craft six videos developed in both English and Spanish.
Ariel Cowan |
Mar 2024 |
Impact story
Credit: Yuri Arcurs, stock.adobe.com (Cropped from original)
This curriculum package teaches students to help protect their communities from wildfire. They also learn about careers in natural resources.
Kara Baylog, Jennifer Payne, Herb Johnson, Yasmeen Hossain, Christopher Adlam, Ben Ho |
Mar 2024 |
Extension Catalog publicationPeer reviewed (Orange level)
The Extension Fire Program uses education, outreach, and boundary spanning partnerships to foster the resiliency of communities and landscapes to wildfire at scale. Learn more!
Carrie Berger, Emily Jane Davis |
May 2023 |
Publication
As a result of climate change and past management practices, wildfires are becoming larger and occurring more frequently than ever before in the Western U.S. In order to mitigate the effects of this growing threat, fire management agencies such as the U.S. Forest Service have encouraged residents in at-risk communities to protect their homes, property, and communities by adopting Firewise recommendations.
Jacob Powell, an Oregon State University Extension Service crops and livestock expert with wildfire experience, has the knowledge and tools to make farmers aware of and in line with new OHSA requirements.
Oregon State University Forestry and Natural Resources (FNR) Extension Fire Program faculty members banded together to create a webinar series exploring the roadblocks landowners face when managing varied forest types in eastern Oregon.