Accomplishments
Blue Mountains Forest Partners is proud of our accomplishments. Below you can learn more about our work and how we are helping create healthy forests and healthy communities.
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April 26, 2023
Film screening highlights fire danger
Screening of documentary "The West is Burning" highlights fire danger and community problem-solving in Sisters Country more -
March 13, 2023
To help dry forests, fire needs to be just the right intensity, and happen more than once
New research from Oregon State University: "Too hot, too cold, or just right: Can wildfire restore dry forests of the interior Pacific Northwest?"more -
March 7, 2023
Two Oregon landscapes selected for FY23 Joint Chief's Landscape Restoration Partnership funding
Two projects in Oregon will receive funding as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Join Chiefs' Landscape Restoration Partnership initiative, including the North Wasco All Lands project and the Southern Blues Restoration project. The projects aim to mitigate wildfire risk, improve water quality, restore forest ecosystems, combat climate change, and create job opportunities for local contractors while supporting the economies of surrounding areas. Both projects align with broader efforts to reduce wildfire threats to communities and landowners, protect water quality and supply, and improve wildlife habitat for at-risk species. more -
February 21, 2023
Southern Blues Restoration project awarded funding from Joint Chiefs' Landscape Restoration Partnership
BMFP participated with other partners to develop this Joint Chiefs proposal for the Southern Blues Restoration project on the Malheur National Forest, and we're excited for the opportunities it will provide to perform restoration work on public and private lands in Grant County. more -
February 7, 2023
Press release: MERKLEY, CRAPO TEAM UP TO EXPAND COLLABORATIVE FOREST WORK
“Since its enactment, the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program has demonstrated resounding success in building partnerships, restoring large landscapes, and providing rural community socioeconomic well-being. WELC is pleased to support reauthorization and expansion of this incredible program, and Senators Merkley and Crapo are to be commended for their steadfast advocacy for the Program,” said Susan Brown, Wildlands Program Director & Senior Staff Attorney of Western Environmental Law Center. more -
February 1, 2023
Collaborative Restoration on the Malheur National Forest
We’re working collaboratively to restore the southern Blue Mountains in Eastern Oregon. This area has suffered from 100 years of fire suppression, logging, and unregulated grazing, causing a landscape of dense forests and heavy fuel ...more -
January 13, 2023
From the Institute for Conservation Leadership: Collaboration is Like Regenerative Agriculture
We’ve heard the voices of frustration and challenges about how long it takes to create a productive network, alliance, or partnership. And the questions come – How long will this take? Why can’t we move faster? Is this worth it? Will this actually work?more -
November 14, 2022
Of Woodpeckers and Harvests: Finding Compatibility Between Habitat and Salvage Logging
Vicki Saab, a research wildlife biologist with the Rocky Mountain Station, has spent over two decades studying the habitat niches of disturbance-associated woodpecker species in post-wildfire landscapes. These data form the basis of ...more
