by Kerry Silvey | Jan 7, 2025 | Featured Resources, Uncategorized, Wildfire Prevention
The updated Oregon Wildfire Risk Map was released January 7, 2025. All of the Spencer Butte area is classified as “Low” or “Moderate” risk. The risk classification for each Oregon property tax lot can be looked-up by address. According to the...
by Kerry Silvey | Nov 12, 2024 | Featured Resources, Uncategorized
The new ODF (Oregon Department of Forestry) Prescribed Fire and Liability Program provides liability coverage for prescribed fires and cultural burns in Lane County and throughout the state. The program is “intened to increase the pace and scale of the use of...
by Kerry Silvey | Jul 10, 2024 | Featured Resources
WATCH DUTY wildfire app https://www.watchduty.org/ Maps wildfires and their status in real-time. Notifications can be set by county. Several SBNA members have found WATCH DUTY to be the easiest way to quickly find out about wildfire in our area and to get...
by Kerry Silvey | Jun 6, 2024 | Featured Resources
ShakeAlert® sends out a cell phone alert as soon as the beginning of an earthquake is detected in Oregon, Washington, or California. The alert could give you enough time to climb down from a ladder, turn off a chain saw, or get under a table before the shaking reaches...
by Kerry Silvey | Mar 27, 2024 | Featured Resources
Many of us have been collecting tree limbs, brush, and other ice storm debris for burning. In the dry days earlier in the month, there have already been several grass fires in the Eugene/Springfield area. LRAPA has put together info on how to prevent burn pile fires...
