The Horizon
All the latest updates on our work defending rural lands, creating livable cities and towns and preserving wild lands and water throughout Central Oregon
Controlled burns reduce wildfire risk, but they require trained staff and funding − this could be a rough year
The combined effects of a warmer and drier climate, more people living in fire-prone areas and vegetation and debris built up over years of fire suppression are leading to more severe fires that spread faster and put people, wild lands and economies at risk. Prescribed burns are a solution, but the U.S. Forest Service need the staffing, data and research to carry them out.
‘Fire season is here,’ Gov. Kotek declares May Wildfire Awareness Month, state prepares
The 2025 fire season is projected to be more intense than the 2024 season fire leaders said, but emergency response agencies have begun preparing early
America Should Sprawl? Not If We Want Strong Towns
Urban sprawl doesn’t solve the underlying problem of America’s housing shortage—it is the underlying problem.
Shared Post from the smart growth minds at strongtowns.org