The Upper Deschutes River Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) is available for public feedback through February 5. The community is encouraged to review the draft plan and provide their feedback by visiting deschutes.org/forester.
CWPP’s help communities like Deschutes County identify place-based solutions for wildfire resilience, such as identifying and prioritizing areas for hazardous fuels reduction treatments and addresses community preparedness.
“Across Central Oregon, communities are collaborating with forest and fire management agencies to identify risks and outline strategies to address them,” said Deschutes County Forester Kevin Moriarty. “Community Wildfire Protection Plans are an important planning tool for communities to complete this important work.”
Feedback on the draft Upper Deschutes River Community Wildfire Protection Plan should be emailed to corinne.heiner@deschutes.org.
