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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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Wildfire preparedness for farms and ranches

  • By Jacob Powell, Agriculture Extension faculty, Sherman/Wasco county

Often agricultural areas are viewed as being safety buffers during wildfires, where irrigated crops and orchards are less likely to burn than …

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Letter to the Editor: Renewable energy a plus

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To the editor: Our state is on its way to 50 percent renewable energy. The wheat fields and rangeland of the eastern side of our state are sparsely populated and particularly well suited to both wind and solar development. Environmental and aesthetic issues are real and not to be dismissed. The Summit Ridge Wind Farm, east of Dufur, has completed extensive studies, which addressed these issues.

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Regulated fire closure ends, but continued caution urged

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Fire restrictions will be reduced on private and non-federal public forest and rangelands protected by Oregon Department of Forestry’s (ODF) Central Oregon District. The regulated closure which has been in effect since June 19, 2015, will be terminated as of 12:01 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 17. Fire season will remain in effect for the Central Oregon District (COD) until significant widespread rain falls throughout the district.

A Range of Research
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A Range of Research

  • Tiffany Woods, for The Dalles Chronicle
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Science informs public policy, strengthens rural economies