County: Wasco

Primary Resource Concern Addressed: 

• Fire management - Wildfire hazard from biomass accumulation

Project Description
NEED

Conservation Practices Offered

• Firebreak (394)
• Fuel Break (383)

Project Partners

• NEED
• 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. Does this application include the installation of a firebreak and/or fuel break?
2. If installed in conjunction with a road, will 383/394 be planned on both sides of the road, or if under different ownership, will the applicant widen their side accordingly to achieve the planned purpose?
3. Does the application include strategic Prescribed Grazing on lands adjacent to the firebreak/fuel break to keep fine fuels managed?
4. Does the application include the implementation of a Conservation Crop Rotation which incorporates an alternative crop with a higher moisture content during wildfire season (ex. Canola, beans, peas)?
5. Will the planned firebreak and/or fuel break tie into an anchor point such as a neighboring planned firebreak, existing road, rock outcrop, or riparian area to achieve continuity across the landscape?
6. Does the planned firebreak and/or fuel break occur along the priority north-south roads within the CIS footprint?