What is the state of Oregon doing to prevent and fight wildifres?
Federal, state, tribal and local agencies and groups are doing a LOT to help prevent destruction caused by catastrophic wildifres. The work falls into three categories. Browse through the various links to see how Oregon is attacking this issue now and for the long term:
Oregon Wildfire Council: https://www.oregon.gov/gov/policies/Pages/wildfire-programs-council.aspx
Integral Youth Services: https://integralyouthservices.org/
Northwest Youth Corps: https://www.nwyouthcorps.org/
Oregon Youth Works: https://www.oregon.gov/highered/about/workforce/pages/oregon-youth-works.aspx
Southern Oregon Forest Restoration Collaborative: https://sofrc.org/
Southern Willamette Forest Collaborative: https://www.swfcollaborative.org/
Tree-Plenish: https://www.tree-plenish.org/
Oregon State Federation of Garden Clubs: https://oregongardenclubs.org/uncategorized/promise-tree-project/
Oregon Department of Forestry: https://www.oregon.gov/odf/fire/pages/default.aspx
Oregon Forest Resources Institute: https://oregonforests.org/
Oregon State Fire Marshal: https://www.oregon.gov/osfm/education/pages/prevent-wildfires.aspx
Smokey Bear Website: https://smokeybear.com/
Oregon’s Smokey Bear Poster Contest: https://gardenclub.org/smokey-bear-woodsy-owl-youth-poster-contest
OSU Extension: https://extension.oregonstate.edu/forests/fire
Oregon Dept. of Emergency Management: https://www.oregon.gov/oem/pages/default.aspx
Oregon’s Wildfire Website: https://wildfire.oregon.gov/
Oregon Community Foundation: https://oregoncf.org/oregon-fire-relief-recovery/
Oregon Housing and Community Services: https://www.oregon.gov/ohcs/disaster-recovery/pages/wildfire-resilience.aspx
Oregon Dept. of Forestry: https://www.oregon.gov/odf/documents/workingforests/assistanceafterthewildfire.pdf
ODF: https://www.oregon.gov/odf/fire/pages/restrictions.aspx and https://www.oregon.gov/odf/fire/pages/default.aspx
USFS: https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/r6/fire-aviation
BLM: https://www.blm.gov/orwafire
DFPA: https://www.dfpa.net/
CFPA: https://www.coosfpa.net/
Walker Range: https://www.walkerrange.org/
Rangeland Protection Associations: https://nwfirescience.org/rangeland-fire-protection-associations-alternative-model-wildfire-response