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ODF launches effort to reduce wildfire risk in Lane County Of 37 total projects statewide, the agency has four in Lane County totaling $481,000. Posted: Apr 14, 2021 8:43 AM Updated: Apr 14, 2021 11:25 AM Posted By: Jolene Daib SPRINGFIELD, Ore. – The Oregon Department of Forestry is putting some of the $5 million it was granted by the Oregon Legislative Emergency Board into reducing wildfire risk in Lane County. Of 37 total projects statewide, the agency has four in Lane County totaling $4...

Oregon Department of Forestry awards $581,000 for wildfire risk reduction projects in Lane County The Oregon Department of Forestry plans to spend $581,000 to support six projects in Lane County aimed at reducing wildfire risks.  The money is part of $5 million the Oregon Legislative Emergency Board granted ODF in January for wildfire risk mitigation. ODF will use that money on 37 projects statewide. The projects rely on partnerships with organizations such as forest collaboratives, watersh...

Gov. Kate Brown proclaims April as Oregon Arbor Month April has been proclaimed Oregon Arbor Month.  Gov. Kate Brown made a proclamation last week establishing a monthlong recognition of trees and planting as a result of more than a year of collaboration with nonprofit organizations and state agencies, but its timing follows statewide wildfires that burned millions of trees.   "Because trees are vital to our individual and communal well-being and future prosperity — and because all Ore...

April proclaimed Arbor Month in Oregon Oregon Dept. of Forestry Portlanders plant trees in the Roseway Park Blocks SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The first week in April was just not enough time to show how much Oregonians appreciate trees. So Gov. Kate Brown has proclaimed all of April as Oregon Arbor Month, allowing plenty of time for all the tree-related activities and commemorative plantings people want.  “I appreciate Governor Brown declaring April 2021 as Oregon Arbor Month, in recognition of...

Timber tax cuts cost Oregon towns billions. Then clear-cuts polluted their water and drove up the price. Updated on Jan 01, 2021; Published on Dec 31, 2020 The 400 residents of Wheeler, Oregon, where muddy logging runoff filled the town’s reservoirs. (Brooke Herbert/The Oregonian) Brooke Herbert/The Oregonian Facebook Share Twitter Share On a damp night in November 2019, dozens of residents packed into the local firehouse in Corbett, Oregon, a town about 30 miles outside of Portland. Water...

Timber Tax Cuts Cost Oregon Towns Billions. Then Polluted Water Drove Up the Price. ProPublica 1/1/2021 by Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and Rob Davis, The Oregonian/OregonLive ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. This article was produced in partnership with Oregon Public Broadcasting and The Oregonian/OregonLive. You can sign up for The Oregonian/OregonLive special pro...

This Leelanau County town was originally settled in 1852 on the west side of Grand Traverse Bay, in a little inlet now known as Omena Bay. Reverend Peter Daugherty had moved his Indian mission away from Old Mission to this new area, which he called “New Mission”. In 1858 the community received its first post office, and a few years later (1877), the town – now also a railway stop on the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad - was re-named “Omena P.O.”. Daugherty built a Presbyterian church ...

Clatsop Forest Healthy, Productive   The Oregon Department of Forestry released a report to state forest trust land counties highlighting economic, environmental, and social accomplishments in the fiscal year 2020, including distributing $22.7 million in revenue to Clatsop County and local service providers. The Clatsop State Forest consists of about 147,000 acres in Clatsop County, with small portions in Tillamook and Columbia counties. In addition to Clatsop County, other local service ...