Hood River Air Quality
County: Hood River, Wasco
Resource Concerns:
- Air quality emissions ‐ Emissions of particulate matter (PM) and PM precursors
- Air quality emissions ‐ Emissions of ozone precursors
Project Description
Air Quality management to reduce the use of diesel burning smudge pots and replace with cleaner burning technology. Other project goals include improving air quality through the reduction of open pile burning by using grinding, chipping, or clean burning methods.
Conservation Practices
- Field Operations Emissions Reduction (376)
Project Partners
- OSU Extension
- Hood River County
- Columbia Gorge Fruit Growers
- Hood River Soil and Water Conservation District
- 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
- Is the application proposed to dispose of orchard or vineyard wood waste in a manner other than open pile burning?
- Will wood waste created through use of practice 376 be utilized on the operation as mulch for trees or dust control?
Contact
Carly Heron, District Conservationist
Hood River County
6780 Hwy 35
Parkdale, OR 97041
541-352-1037
Carly.Heron@usda.gov