Published March 22, 2023
Lomakatsi was honored to join US Forest Service regional and local leadership, along with other partners, to welcome U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Dr. Homer Wilkes and USFS Deputy Chief of State, Private and Tribal Forestry Jaelith Hall-Rivera, who traveled from Washington DC to the Rogue Valley to announce new Community Wildfire Defense Fund Grant funding for the state of Oregon yesterday. The awards included $249,700 for City of Ashland Oregon to rewrite their Community Wildfire Protection Plan.