Wildfire risk reduction typically must occur at a scale beyond individual parcels. Learn how one rangeland fire protection association assembled a coalition to create a fire prevention and management plan.
OSHA requires emergency plans and wildfire training for producers and employees who engage in suppressing wildfires on a farm or ranch. Here's a look at what must be included in those plans.
Oregon State Extension Service and other agencies are working together to help landowners recover from wildfires. The effort includes assessing reforestation needs, acquiring seedlings and facilitating restoration.
Glenn Ahrens |
Mar 2021 |
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Photo by Jordan Benner, Oregon Forest Resources Institute (Cropped from original)
Due to recent wildfire losses, the demand for tree seedlings and tree planters is expected to far exceed supply for years to come. OSU Extension is working to assess the need and provide help for replanting efforts.
Soil erosion following a wildfire often needs to be addressed in areas of high-intensity fires. Which method is used to minimize erosion depends on soil type, slope steepness and subsequent rainfall.
Alicia Christiansen, Wildfire Recovery group |
Nov 2020 |
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Mitigation is acting now to reduce future risk. You can repair/rebuild safer and stronger after wildfires and straight-line winds and Community Education and Outreach can help you on your recovery journey.
Amid all the work involved in recovering from wildfires, there are lessons to be learned about how to reduce the severity of future fires. Here's a look at what a recent fire teaches us about prevention and mitigation.
Under normal circumstances, reforestation projects take a lot of effort to pull off. But they are even more difficult now in the wake of widespread forest fires that have increased the demand for seedlings.
Amanda Brenner |
Sep 2020 |
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Photo: Judith Ann Kowalski (Cropped from original)
Every four years or so, noble firs produce a bumper crop of cones. One recent collection effort at two seed orchards yielded about 5,000 cones, enough seed for about 700,000 seedlings.