The Oregon Department of Forestry received a $8,795,870.00 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664). The grant supports a wide range of forestry-related activities in Oregon, including wildland fire protection, forest management, hazardous fuels reduction, reforestation, and natural resource conservation.
As a sub-award under this grant, the Douglas Forest Protective Association, a non-profit organization, is implementing a hazardous fuels treatment and defensible space project on 165 acres across several communities in Douglas County. This work aims to mitigate wildfire risk and provide education and outreach to landowners in the wildland-urban interface.