Oregon State Extension Service and other agencies are working together to help landowners recover from wildfires. The effort includes assessing reforestation needs, acquiring seedlings and facilitating restoration.
Amid all the work involved in recovering from wildfires, there are lessons to be learned about how to reduce the severity of future fires. Here's a look at what a recent fire teaches us about prevention and mitigation.
Under normal circumstances, reforestation projects take a lot of effort to pull off. But they are even more difficult now in the wake of widespread forest fires that have increased the demand for seedlings.