Fire Preparedness in Clackamas County (2024)

After a wildfire

Wildfires make a profound impact on people, land, animals, the environment and economy. As the population continues to increase, homes and communities expand rural boundaries and fires become a part of the changing landscape.

Carrie Berger |Feb 2020 |Article

Fire-resistant plants for home landscapes

Make your landscape more fire resistant by choosing and placing fire-resistant plants on your property. Visit a nursery with Paula Lupcho, OSU Master Gardener and Firewise Gardening expert, and Carrie Berger, OSU Extension Fire Program Manager, to know more.

Carrie Berger |Jul 2024 |VideoPeer reviewed (Gray level)

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Partnership builds forest management expertise in northeast Oregon

OSU Extension foresters helped recruit and train a group of forest technicians who have completed 241 forest management plans representing 143,683 acres, primarily in Baker, Umatilla, Union and Wallowa counties.

John Punches |Mar 2024 |Impact story

Selecting Native Plant Materials for Restoration Projects

Selecting appropriate plant materials for restoration projects contributes to the success of the project by ensuring better adaptation and survival of the plants. "Appropriate" means choosing species that are suitable ...

Brad Withrow-Robinson, Randy Johnson |Apr 2020 |Extension Catalog publicationPeer reviewed (Orange level)

Fire FAQs—How can landscapes with mixed ownerships be managed for fire effectively?

Discusses how to manage landscapes for fire when areas are owned or managed by different people or entities. One in a series of fire FAQs that are based on questions that Forest & Natural Resource Extension agents and specialists have received from the people they serve.

Kara Baylog, Dan Leavell, Carrie Berger |May 2018 |Extension Catalog publicationPeer reviewed (Orange level)

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Survival Basics: Cascadia Action Steps: It’s Time to Get Ready

Cascadia Actions Steps explains how Oregon residents and guests can prepare to survive and rebuild after the expected Cascadia earthquake and resulting tsunami.

Glenda Hyde, Lynette Black, Patrick Corcoran, Lauren Kraemer, Catalina Sánchez-Frank |Jul 2024 |Extension Catalog publicationPeer reviewed (Orange level)

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Not all fires are wild: Understanding fire and its use as a management tool

Understand the critical role of prescribed fire in preventing catastrophic wildfires in the Pacific Northwest. Learn about fire behavior, management strategies and the benefits of controlled burns.

Rebecca Wolf, Carrie Berger, Janean Creighton, Christine Olsen |May 2024 |Extension Catalog publicationPeer reviewed (Orange level)

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Broadband Connectivity Outreach

Extension collaborates to help communities learn how low-income households can pay for internet service and connected devices, test their internet speeds and partner to deploy broadband on tribal lands.

Lucas Turpin |Project

Measuring Your Trees

Procedures outlined in this publication show how to estimate standing volume and annual growth of individual timber stands that are relatively uniform in species, age, size, and density. Estimates of volume and ...

Steve Bowers, Jim Reeb, Bob Parker |Jul 2021 |Extension Catalog publicationPeer reviewed (Orange level)

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Fire-resistant plants for home landscapes

Home landscaping is an important part of a community's resistance to wildfire. Learn what plants can help you create an attractive environment and reduce the risk of fire.

Amy Jo Detweiler, Stephen Fitzgerald, Ariel Cowan, Neil Bell, Thomas Stokely |Oct 2023 |Extension Catalog publicationPeer reviewed (Orange level)

Leaf Identification Key

Guide to identifying plants by leaf shape, margin, and venation.

Jan 2019 |Educational document

Native Americans rely on tribally important ecosystem services such as traditional foods, hunting, timber production, non-timber forest resources (recreation, water), and cultural resources. Unfortunately, many of these ...

Michael Case, PhD, John Kim, PhD, Becky Kerns, PhD |Apr 2020 |Extension Catalog publicationPeer reviewed (Orange level)

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Keeping your trees alive is harder than it sounds

Longer, hotter summers and changing climatic conditions means that many of our newly planted native forest seedlings are stressed. Should you water native forest tree seedlings to help them make it through?

Alicia Christiansen |Jul 2024 |ArticlePeer reviewed (Gray level)

Reducing Hazardous Fuels on Woodland Property: Mechanical Fuels Reduction

Describes mechanical ways to reduce hazardous fuels on woodland properties, including Slashbuster-type machines, grinders, and masticators. Outlines considerations in using mechanical methods: move-in cost and parcel size, site impacts, and maintenance.

Max Bennett, Stephen Fitzgerald |Aug 2020 |Extension Catalog publicationPeer reviewed (Orange level)

Survival basics: Emergency kits

In a natural disaster or other emergency, the key to survival is being prepared. Be ready with an emergency kit for your family. Emergency kits contain the basic needs for life: food, water, warmth, first-aid ...

Lynette Black, Glenda Hyde, Lauren Kraemer, Patrick Corcoran |Jun 2023 |Extension Catalog publicationPeer reviewed (Orange level)