Protecting Oregon’s Natural & Cultural Resources
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Protecting Oregon’s Natural & Cultural Resources

ByTom Atkinson

Source: debriscleanupnews.com Oregon is a biologically diverse state, rich in both environmental and cultural resources, and we’re doing our part to preserve these valuable assets. The Debris Management Task Force is hard at work protecting the areas impacted by wildfires including keeping ash and debris out of watersheds to preserve our water quality. The State…

Dozens Of Volunteers Help Clean Up Blue River Through The Weekend
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Dozens Of Volunteers Help Clean Up Blue River Through The Weekend

ByTom Atkinson

Source: KLCC.org By Brian Bull The last five and a half months have been a struggle for residents of the McKenzie River Corridor. After the Holiday Farm Fire ravaged the area, winter brought floods, mudslides, and collapsing trees. But this weekend, three organizations converged on the town of Blue River, to give a helping hand….

Volunteers Help Blue River Clean Up After Holiday Farm Fire
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Volunteers Help Blue River Clean Up After Holiday Farm Fire

ByTom Atkinson

Source: RegisterGuard.com Words and photos by Chris Pietsch The residents of Blue River received a big boost over the weekend as dozens of volunteers gathered to help clean up a community still reeling from last year’s devastating Holiday Farm Fire. A coalition from Reach Out Worldwide and Cascade Relief Team joined locals in clearing the sites of…

Cascade Relief Team & Reach Out WorldWide Extend Blue River Cleanup
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Cascade Relief Team & Reach Out WorldWide Extend Blue River Cleanup

ByTom Atkinson

Extended Cleanup Dates: February 27th 2021 (Saturday) February 28th 2021 (Sunday)8am to 5pm The cleanup so far has been a huge success. Reach Out Worldwide and the Cascade Relief Team + many volunteers have made massive inroads into cleaning up the devastated properties in Blue River. During the cleanup the original Frances O’Brien Memorial Library…

Free Legal Help With Your FEMA Appeal
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Free Legal Help With Your FEMA Appeal

ByTom Atkinson

You may be eligible for free legal help with your FEMA appeal.  Legal Aid Services of Oregon’s Wildfire Disaster Relief Program helps low-income Oregonians who were impacted by Oregon’s 2020 wildfires. Legal issues they can assist with include, but are not limited to, denials of FEMA assistance, housing issues (owners and renters of manufactured homes; landlord/tenant),…

ODOT Hazard Trees – Hear from a Certified Arborist
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ODOT Hazard Trees – Hear from a Certified Arborist

ByTom Atkinson

Hear from a certified arborist. The Debris Management Task Force prioritizes safety and tree health when assessing hazard trees. To manage this balance, arborists working with our task force crews are certified. Think of an arborist as a tree surgeon who is a professional both educated and experienced in the practice of arboriculture, which is…

FEMA Denied Most Oregonians’ Requests for Wildfire Disaster Assistance
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FEMA Denied Most Oregonians’ Requests for Wildfire Disaster Assistance

ByTom Atkinson

NOTE – Beneath this article from OPB is the latest public advise from Lane County’s McKenzie Rebuilds service on what to do if FEMA declines your request for help, this is their dedicated FEMA advice page here. Source: OPB.org By April Ehrlich (Jefferson Public Radio) More than 24,000 Oregonians applied for federal disaster assistance after…

Volunteers Needed for Holiday Farm Fire Cleanup Efforts
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Volunteers Needed for Holiday Farm Fire Cleanup Efforts

ByTom Atkinson

Source: NBC16.com Written by Olivia Young BLUE RIVER, Ore. — Five months after the Holiday Farm Fire destroyed over 400 homes, a grassroots relief team is helping some of those homeowners start the recovery process. Some charred metal and ashes are all that’s left of one woman’s property after the Holiday Farm Fire destroyed her…

Additional Insurance Companies Extend Deadlines
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Additional Insurance Companies Extend Deadlines

ByTom Atkinson

Source: McKenzieRebuilds.org The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) has reached an agreement with several insurance companies to extend timelines to at least two years from the date of loss for 2020 Labor Day wildfire victims. The complete list of insurance companies that have signed on to rebuild timeline agreements are listed on…

Debris Management Taskforce Update – Hazard Trees
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Debris Management Taskforce Update – Hazard Trees

ByTom Atkinson

As one part of Oregon’s statewide wildfire recovery effort, work is underway in your community in the Holiday Farm Fire area to remove hazard trees adjacent to or near the OR 126 McKenzie Highway. This work is performed by state contract crews and the Oregon Debris Management Task Force (DMTF). The DMTF is working closely…