Balancing Fire Safety and a Healthy Forest in the Spencer Butte Area
Our area’s forest, open space, and wildlife make this a wonderful place to live. However, these same features put our homes and properties at high fire risk during the dry season. Luckily, making our properties more fire resistant and helping the health of the forest are goals that complement and enhance each other.
Fire risk for the SBNA area includes the wind-blown embers of a distant fire as well as from an approaching wildfire. This risk is reduced when we remove flamable material from around our homes, and it is also reduced as we increase the health of our forest with activities such as planting fire resistant trees. SBNA has put together documents and links to websites to help our members accomplish both of these goals.
Primary, Local Resources
- Start with this: Balancing Fire Safety and a Healthy Forest in the Spencer Butte Area [SBNA]
- Fire Resistant and Wildlife Friendly Trees and Shrubs for the Spencer Butte Area [SBNA]
- Highly-Flammable Plants Common in the Spencer Butte Area [SBNA]
- Fire Resistant Plants for Home Landscapes – [OSU Extension Service]
Other Resources
- SBNA Recommended Resources for Wildfire Risk Reduction
- Assess the Fire Risk of Your Home and Property
- Join Your SBNA Neighborhood Firewise Group (Helps ODF receive grants for helping our area)
- Other Perspectives – the Benefits of Fire
- Disaster Preparation Information and Training
- Notes with Link to Video of Meeting of Fire Chief & SBNA Group Leaders May 26, 2020
- Wildfire Risks & Recovery in Lane County PDF created by the League of Women Voters of Lane County includes a good big picture look at fire risks, lessons from past fires, needed actions, opportunities, and useful links.