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Oregon Department of Forestry briefs subcommittee on landscape‑resiliency program, funding and results
Summary
The Oregon Department of Forestry told the Joint Ways and Means Natural Resources Subcommittee that the Landscape Resiliency Program has treated about 245,000 acres with roughly $30 million invested over the last two biennia and outlined priorities, third‑party scoring and new recurring revenue streams from House Bill 3940.
Josh Bernard, Forest Resources Division Chief at the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF), and Jenna Nelson, state initiatives grant coordinator, gave an informational briefing on the Landscape Resiliency Program on Feb. 2.
Bernard and Nelson described the program as Oregon's primary all‑lands investment to reduce catastrophic wildfire risk under the 20‑year strategy created by Senate Bill 762. "We implement the federal authorization of Good Neighbor Authority and partner with federal land managers to complete resiliency work on federally owned lands," Bernard said,…
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