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The Oregon Department of Forestry receives a grant of nearly $1 million to help replant the Santiam State Forest following the 2020 Labor Day fires.

The Oregon Department of Forestry receives a grant of nearly $1 million to help replant the Santiam State Forest following the 2020 Labor Day fires.

About the project The mission of the Companion Western Oregon State Forest Management Plan and Implementation Plans project is to develop a companion FMP and IPs for the State Forests Division that implement  the economic, environmental and social values required of state forests in conjunction with strategies outlined in the draft Western Oregon State Forest Habitat Conservation Plan. Forest Management Plans provide long-term management direction and establish strategic approaches for meeting resource management goals. Implementation Plans (IPs) are developed to detail how management ...

Oregon wildfire recovery hampered by seedling shortage, forestry officials say The wildfires of 2020 ravaged Oregon state forestlands, and forestry officials say that the supply of new seedlings won't meet the need for reforestation. Posted: Mar 17, 2021 10:25 AM Posted By: Jamie Parfitt SALEM, Ore. — Efforts to replant Oregon state forestlands scorched by the 2020 wildfires are being hampered by a short supply of new tree seedlings, the Oregon Department of Forestry said on Wednesday. “Seedlings were already in short supply in Oregon before the fires,” said Kyle Abraham, Chief of ODF...