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JDU Basin Forest Resiliency

Counties: Gilliam, Umatilla, Morrow, Wheeler

Primary Resource Concern Addressed:

  • Fire management - Wildfire hazard from biomass accumulation
  • Degraded plant condition - Plant productivity and health
  • Pest pressure - Plant pest pressure

Project Description
The goal of this project is to improve the health and resiliency of the Non Industrial Private Forest land of the John Day/ Umatilla Basin by assisting landowners with pre-commercial thinning and slash treatment to reduce the risk of fire and pest infestations. Reducing stocking densities and slash loads currently in place will result in long term forest health and ecosystem sustainability.

Conservation Practices Offered

  • Forest Stand Improvement (666)
  • Woody Residue Treatment (384)
  • Fuel Break (383)
  • Tree/Shrub Pruning (660)
  • Forest Management Plan (106)
  • Firebreak (394)
  • Prescribed Burning (338)
  • Brush Management (314)

Project Partners

  • Oregon Department of Forestry
  • Oregon Small Woodlands Association
  • Soil and Water Conservation Districts
  • U.S. Forest Service
  • Oregon State University Extension
  • Contractors
  • 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. What is the distance from publicly owned forestland planned for treatment?
  2. Is the planned project area directly adjacent to forest thinning projects that have occurred in the last five years?
  3. Will the planned project include biomass removal under woody residue treatment OR the primary treatment will be mastication?
  4. Is the property located within the Wildland Urban Interface Priority Layer (WUI)?
  5. Does the applicant have a forest stewardship plan, forest management plan, or ODF inventory that verifies property needs treatment?
  6. What is the stocking rate to be removed?
  7. Based on CIS cultural overview, are the proposed activities likely to NOT affect cultural resources or cultural properties?