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How will the project be managed?
It will take collaboration among city agencies, technical experts, neighbors, adjacent landowners, park visitors, and the general community to make this project successful.
- A leadership team made up of Directors of the Office of Emergency Management, Portland Parks & Recreation, Portland Fire & Rescue, and Environmental Services is overseeing this three-year effort. A management team from the bureaus of Fire, Parks, and Environmental Services is coordinating the project. They have engaged a knowledgeable team of experts in sustainable ecosystem management, led by Trout Mountain Forestry, to provide professional and technical expertise.
- A five-member technical advisory committee will provide additional expertise in areas of wildlife biology and ecology, emergency operations and prescriptive fire, wildland/urban interface issues, wildfire fuels and fire ecology, forestry, and public recreation.
- Two separate citizen advisory committees will work with city staff and technical experts to develop fire hazard reduction plans for Powell Butte and Forest Park and another citizen committee will focus on reviewing and implementing plans already in place for the Willamette Escarpment, including Oaks Bottom and the Willamette Bluffs. The committees will include neighborhood representatives as well as representatives of immediate neighbors, friends groups, natural resource advocates, and neighborhood emergency response teams. The committees will study the issues and alternatives, consider public concerns and suggestions, and help shape the final wildfire risk reduction plans. Committees will be formed as each focus area comes under consideration.
What is the schedule?
The project schedule is very general and will be refined over time. Each focus area will be addressed separately. Once the wildfire risk reduction plans are finalized, work will begin to put those plans into action. Fuel load reduction projects are already underway on over 90 acres of public lands within the Willamette Escarpment Project Area, including the Willamette Bluffs and Oaks Bottom. Projects at Powell Butte and Forest Park will be implemented over a longer period of time. The anticipated timeline is described below:
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PLANNING PHASE
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IMPLEMENTATION BEGINS
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| Willamette Escarpment - Summer 2006 |
Summer 2006-Summer 2007
(multiple project sites)
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| Powell Butte - Late Fall 2006 |
Summer 2007 |
| Forest Park - Fall 2007 |
Summer 2008 |
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