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Lane County Fire Damage Map Now Online
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Lane County Fire Damage Map Now Online

ByTom Atkinson

This new map from the County taps into their official Structural Damage Assessment Database and is an incredible tool to check the status of your family’s properties if you have not yet had notice of their condition. You can navigate by postal address and lot position. A fire damaged property has a clickable red icon…

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….

Advise on Returning to Property After the Fires
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Advise on Returning to Property After the Fires

ByTom Atkinson

Fire Chief Thomas Lombard might be based in Tennessee but his advice is well worth listening to as we gradually return to our homes upriver. When a fire burns through an area, its path changes the environment for some time/years. As underbrush is burnt/destroyed, so is the plants that typically hold the ground together, allowing…

Landslide & Flooding Risk Threat Report
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Landslide & Flooding Risk Threat Report

ByTom Atkinson

Eighteen federal, state and local agencies evaluated land within the Holiday Farm Fire perimeter to identify areas at increased risk of flooding, landslides, debris flow, loss of aquatic habitat, increase in invasive species, and more.  The report, called the Holiday Farm Fire Erosion Threat Assessment and Reduction Team (ETART) Report, is a valuable tool in…