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$6M grant to lower fire risk in Wasco County
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$6M grant to lower fire risk in Wasco County

  • By F. Martin Gibson Columbia Gorge News

In 2019, House Bill 5050 added funds to OSU Extension’s budget for fire resistance and resilience. The program’s $1 million annual budget supports six regional fire specialists with expertise in topics like fire ecology, rangeland management, home hardening and prescribed fire.

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CA data: Just one Palisades brush clearance before fire

  • By Kenneth Schrupp | The Center Square
  • Updated

(The Center Square) — State data shows the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention carried out only one brush clearance operation in the Pacific Palisades before the deadly Palisades Fire killed 12 Americans and destroyed 6,837 structures, highlighting the state’s slow progress in forest management.Â