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Read: Preserving an historic Crook County landmark

https://www.centraloregonian.com/lifestyle/preserving-an-historic-crook-county-landmark/article_4ece090a-5f11-11ef-b112-fb810971548b.html Ochoco National Forest and Crooked River National Grassland personnel are teaming up with a nonprofit committed to historic preservation to rehabilitate a local landmark. To preserve a piece of Oregon’s natural and cultural heritage, HistoriCorps, Inc., in partnership with the Ochoco National Forest (ONF) and Crooked River National Grassland […]

OFRC Field Trip – Jackson Watershed Fuelbreak Project

July 16, 2024 These fuelbreaks will reduce fire-risk in areas with high risk levels due to insect and disease mortality having killed trees, combined with high fuel loads due to fire-suppression over the past 100 years. The project will not exceed 3000 acres. This project is in the Paulina District, […]

OFRC Field Trip- Beaver Restoration

June 18, 2024 29 members and organization people joined on the field trip. First Stop: Mitchell Bridge Creek – went up Gable Creek viewpoint to look at a beaver restoration project that is a good reference point for the other stops. Reese (https://westernbeavers.org) gave the history on this project. It […]

Juniper Statistics Information

Western Juniper’s Growing Influence in Eastern Oregon  Estimated Acreage 1936 1988 2004 > 10 percent cover 420,000 2.2 million Total area with juniper 6 million 9 million (Azuma, 2004) Volume of current stand ——– 467 million cubic feet Private landowners own 58 percent of the area and 49 percent of […]
Riparian zone, Ochoco National Forest

Riparian Zones of Agreement

Zones of Agreement for the restoration and management of riparian areas on the Ochoco National Forest. Introduction Riparian areas are the interface between land and water and can be defined as zones where there is direct interaction between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems (Gregory et al. 1991). In dry climates, such […]
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