Rigdon Collaboration Landscape Restoration Project

Rigdon Collaboration Committee

We formed the Rigdon Collaboration Committee in 2016 to work with the Forest Service on the Rigdon Landscape Project. We facilitated learning sessions, field trips, and roundtable discussions. After education sessions concluded, the group transitioned to roundtable discussions. This allowed committee members provide feedback to the Forest Service Interdisciplinary Team for future actions.

About the Landscape

The Rigdon landscape encompasses four Middle Fork Willamette sub-watersheds south of Oakridge, Oregon. Over the years, climate and fire have maintained mixed conifer forests and scattered wet and dry meadows. This landscape provides habitat for spring chinook, bull trout, and the northern spotted owl. Evidence suggests that prior to European settlement, indigenous peoples maintained the upper Middle Fork landscape with fire at regular intervals. Over the last 150 years fire suppression has created dense forests. As a result the landscape has become less resilient and prone to high intensity wildfires.

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Learn more by watching the video and taking a look at the StoryMap below: