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Upper Applegate All Lands Wildfire Resiliency Project

Counties: Jackson

Primary Resource Concern Addressed: 

  • Degraded plant condition - Plant productivity and health
  • Fire management - Wildfire hazard from biomass accumulation
  • Terrestrial habitat - Terrestrial habitat for wildlife and invertebrates

Project Description
A coordinated, cross-boundary effort to promote healthy forest ecosystems, reduce the risk of uncharacteristically severe wildfire, and reduce risk to communities in the Upper Applegate area of the Rogue Basin in Jackson County.

Conservation Practices Offered

  • Forest Stand Improvement (666)
  • Woody Residue Treatment (384)
  • Firebreak (394)
  • Fuel Break (383)
  • Tree/Shrub Pruning (660)
  • Structures for Wildlife (649)
  • Brush Management (314)
  • Tree/Shrub Establishment (612)
  • Tree/Shrub Site Preparation (490)
  • Wildlife Habitat Planting (420)
  • Prescribed Burning (338)

Project Partners

  • Applegate Partnership and Watershed Council (APWC)
  • US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
  • Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF)
  • Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
  • Southern Oregon Forest Restoration Collaborative (SOFRC)
  • NRCS Oregon
  • Private landowners

Application Questions
NRCS uses prioritization questions to evaluate applications for this initiative. See the list of workload prioritization questions on the Oregon EQIP page. Ranking questions below will also apply.

Ranking Questions

  1. Is the proposed treatment area adjacent (<100 feet) to strategically defined roads identified in the project proposal (Upper Applegate Road, Little Applegate Road, Sterling Creek Road, Highway 238, and Humbug Creek Road)?
  2. Does an approved Forest Management Plan (FMP) exist for the property?
  3. Will fuel breaks or fire breaks be installed as part of the proposed treatment? Will the applicant treat to a lower residual basal area target of 50-70 square feet?
  4. Is the proposed treatment area adjacent (<500 feet) to another fuels treatment completed in the past 10 years?
  5. Is the property located on a salmonid-bearing stream?