Federal government allocates $38 million to Klamath Basin, other parts of Oregon for wildfire funding
The money, drawn from the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will help pay for wildfire prevention projects in central Oregon, the Klamath River Basin and around Mount Hood. The three regions are among 21 “priority landscapes” across the West made up of a mix of tribal, state, federal and private land that the U.S. Forest Service considers faces a high risk for wildfires. … Wildfire prevention efforts around Mount Hood are focused on its watersheds that provide drinking water to more than one third of the state’s residents, including the Bull Run watershed, which supplies drinking water to nearly a million people in the Portland area.