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Replanting Your Forest After Timber Harvest or Wildfire

Reforestation is required following timber harvesting and ensures the sustainability of your forest. If you are planning on planting tree seedlings in the next few years, then this class is for you! The class will provide ...

Stephen Fitzgerald | Dec 2020 | Video

What is the best way to reduce fire fuel on my property?

Q: I just moved to a fairly wooded area west of town where I imagine fire danger is a real issue. I know that removing all extra debris and "fuel" in the yard is important. With all the trees and branches that went ...

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Wildfire in Your Forest Future & What You Can Do About It

How important is wildfire risk in your neighborhood? Is it getting worse? Is there really anything you can do to change it, especially when there are thousands of public and private acres beyond your control? Attend this ...

Dan Leavell | May 2020 | Video

Forests and Woodlands: Protecting an Ecosystem

Learn to manage your forested property in ways that protect water quality, maintain soil health, reduce the threat of fire and improve wildlife habitat. This publication is one of a series of Land Steward Rural Resource Guidelines.

Max Bennett, Don Goheen, Jack Duggan | Dec 2019 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Managing Organic Debris for Forest Health

This publication outlines the role of forest organic debris in inland Northwest forests. Recommends how to maintain forest soil productivity and improve wildlife habitat while reducing wildfire and insect-pest hazards. ...

Chris C. Schnepf, Russell T. Graham, Sandy Kegley, Theresa B. Jain | Mar 2009 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Reducing Hazardous Fuels on Woodland Properties: Mechanical Fuels Reduction

Describes mechanical ways to reduce hazardous fuels on woodland properties, including Slashbuster-type machines, grinders, and masticators. Outlines considerations in using mechanical methods: move-in cost and parcel size, site impacts, and maintenance.

Max Bennett, Stephen Fitzgerald | Aug 2008 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Reducing Hazardous Fuels on Woodland Property: Disposing of Woody Material

Tells various ways to use and dispose of woody material left after a thinning or harvest on forest land. Uses include sawlogs, posts and poles, firewood, and biomass fuel. Describes slash-disposal options: cut and...

Max Bennett, Stephen Fitzgerald | Aug 2008 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Reducing Hazardous Fuels on Woodland Property: Thinning

Describes benefits of thinning a stand of forest trees. Benefits include increased potential economic value as well as better protection against wildfire. Outlines thinning rules and regulations and how thinning is ...

Robert (Bob) Parker, Max Bennett | Aug 2008 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

The Fire Story

The series aims to provide established and emerging communication professionals and the public with a more nuanced understanding of wildfire’s multiple dimensions through the lens of recent wildland fires in Oregon.

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