Wildfire mitigation funding in Douglas County, Oregon

Glide Rural Fire Protection District (3-year Oregon State Fire Marshal CWRR grant awarded 2023), with Glide Revitalization

No published award amount

For homeowners inside the Glide Rural Fire Protection District in Douglas County: free wildfire risk assessments and a written fuel reduction plan, volunteer work parties, community chipping days where residents bring debris, and a limited pot of grant money to help qualifying homeowners pay licensed contractors for limbing, brush clearing, and chipping. Honest caveat: the district's own page says the grant is close to running out of funds, though it is still doing free assessments and consultations and is pursuing follow-on funding. Contact 541-285-2575 or cwrr@glidefire.org before counting on the contractor dollars.

NRCS Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

Cost-share, varies by practice and state

Pays part of the cost of conservation practices on private land, including forest-management and fuels-reduction work that lowers wildfire risk. This is the main federal program an individual landowner can apply to directly.

Who qualifies: Owners of non-industrial private forestland, agricultural producers, and Tribes. A written Forest Management Plan is required before financial assistance is approved. Available practices, funding pools and cutoff dates are set state by state.

• !Property must be non-industrial private forestland or agricultural land — a standard suburban lot generally will not qualify
• !A Forest Management Plan must be written for the property before assistance is approved
• !The agricultural-land route additionally requires a USDA Farm Service Agency farm/tract number, which most residential homeowners do not have
• !Application cutoffs are set per state; contact your local NRCS office for the current window