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Landscape Resiliency Program receives $9.6 million in awards; agency outlines local implementation and mapping tools
Summary
ODF staff said the Landscape Resiliency Program obligated about $9.6 million across three projects in 2026 and outlined shifts to prioritize local implementation, third-party scoring and a new LRAPT mapping tool to track treatments and align programs.
The Oregon Department of Forestry updated the Emergency Fire Cost Committee on June 2 about the Landscape Resiliency Programs (LRP) recent awards and implementation changes.
Jenna Nelson, state initiatives grant coordinator, said the program has shifted from broad RFPs to a more targeted process that aligns with the 20-year landscape resiliency strategy and emphasizes local implementation through district offices. The LRP used third-party scorers representing industry, conservation groups, federal partners, and others to vet applications and recommended three projects for 2026 (Little River, Hotshots Rx Connect, John Day) that together account for approximately $9.6 million of obligated funding. Nelson noted that the $9.6 million includes a $7 million one-time allocation from House Bill 5006 (2025) and additional ongoing revenue streams from House Bill 3940 (oral nicotine tax and rainy-day-fund transfer).
Nelson described a new mapping and tracking tool (LRAPT) to store treatment layers and align ODF programs, and said the agency plans nine landscape-scale plans informed by partners and Oregon State University to support monitoring, maintenance and science-based project design. She said some projects are focused on federal-private partnership areas and emphasized that scoring included tribal engagement, youth corps participation and collaboration with federal partners, but scored federal partnership as one of several factors rather than a strict requirement.
Committee members asked about geographic balance and scoring incentives for federal partnership; Nelson said federal involvement was a scored element but not an exclusionary requirement. Members discussed how the LRP can be coordinated with other ODF programs to reach areas with less federal land and to support urban-interface needs.
