Accomplishments
Blue Mountains Forest Partners is proud of our accomplishments. Below you can learn more about our work and how we are helping create healthy forests and healthy communities.
Forest Collaboratives - Restoring Oregon's Dry Side (full length)-HD.mp4
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January 4, 2020
Of Woodpeckers and Harvests: Finding Compatibility Between Habitat and Salvage Logging
The western United States is home to many woodpecker species that are strongly associated with recently disturbed forests, including post wildfire and post-beetle outbreaks. These types of landscapes are favored habitat because the dead ...more -
January 4, 2020
Landscape Pattern Monitoring Portal Now Active!
The Forest Service, the Southern Blues Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Project, and the Blue Mountains Forest Partners worked together to build a web application that would help map and monitor changes in land cover and ...more -
February 9, 2019
Restoration in a Fire Forest: The Benefits of Burning
Wildfire has historically played an important role in the health and structure of Oregon's dry forests. Prescribed fire is a valuable tool used to restore forest health, increase firefighter safety, and better protect nearby human resour...more -
February 9, 2019
To prevent devastating wildfires, old adversaries are finding ways to work together
Nothing is simple when it comes to federal lands management. But in order to thin fire-prone forests — and to break legal and ideological gridlock — national forests in the Pacific Northwest are supporting collaborations with ...more -
February 9, 2019
In Oregon, a mysterious tree grove conjures a colder time
Yellow cedars are suited to damp coastal Alaska. So what are they doing in the desert? more -
October 6, 2018
2018 Natural Resources Camp a Success!
In the summer of 2018, Blue Mountains Forest partners and OSU 4-H Association hosted Natural Resources Camp in Grant County. Click here for pictures from this year's fun!more -
June 19, 2017
Living with Fire
Oregon State University, a close science partner of the Blue Mountains Forest Partners, has created a new research center that focuses on fire-prone landscapes, their restoration, and their management. The inaugural post from Living ...more -
March 12, 2017
Restoration Renaissance: A New Paradigm in John Day
The remote rural community of John Day, Oregon, is enjoying a restoration renaissance. The only mill left in the county, Malheur Lumber Co., is humming along with 104 employees working extended hours processing a steady supply of logs from ...more
