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 $481,000. The projects rely on partnerships to improve community resilience to wildfire and restore and maintain healthy, resilient forests. For example, a long list of partners is involved in fuels reduction in a project with the South Hills Eugene Fuels Mitigation Collaborative. Long Tom Watershed Council and private landowners are involved in fuels reduction projects in Crow, Fern Ridge, Noti, Powell Creek and Veneta.