A major reforestation effort in Central Oregon has restored hundreds of acres damaged by wildfire, marking a first for cooperation between state and federal forestry agencies.
The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) and the Ochoco National Forest recently completed a project that planted and protected more than 74,000 ponderosa pine seedlings across 424 acres burned by the 2024 Crazy Creek Fire.
The project is the first reforestation effort on federal forestland…