Wildfire Prevention
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.
The volume of wildfire prevention resources on the Internet can be overwhelming. SBNA has put together several documents to help you get started and selected other resources neighbors have found especially helpful, and compiled additional resources.
If you are just getting started…
- Start with this: Balancing Fire Safety and a Healthy Forest in the Spencer Butte Area [by SBNA]
What to plant and what to remove:
- What to plant – Fire Resistant and Wildlife Friendly Trees and Shrubs for the Spencer Butte Area [by SBNA]
- What to remove – Highly-Flammable Plants Common in the Spencer Butte Area [by SBNA]
Especially helpful resources produced by others
- Defensible Space Tool – Includes a defensible space checklist and easy to understand graphics about tree spacing and limbing [Oregon State Fire Marshal]
- Fire Resistant Plants for Home Landscapes – [OSU Extension Service]
- Other SBNA Recommended Resources [by SBNA]