Springfield, Ore., Jan. 17, 2023—The Willamette National Forest has developed and published an interactive story map to showcase the 2020 Fire Affected Road Risk Reduction Project progress. This interactive map will serve a resource to keep record of all project related information and the progress of any work that gets implemented.
The story map was created to increase understanding of the 2020 Fire Affected Road Risk Reduction Project’s purpose and implementation process on the Willamette National Forest. It includes text, visuals and maps of sites where the project will be done. All data that is recorded will be updated directly on the site for the public to stay informed of the latest updates. Although the 2020 fires impacted other public and private lands, this project is centered on Forest Service lands as one piece of the overall fire recovery to restore safe road access.
In what have become known as the “2020 Labor Day Fires,” the Holiday Farm, Beachie Creek, and Lionshead Fires burned approximately 571,435 acres of land across private, municipal, State, Tribal and Federal lands, including 176,000 acres of the Willamette National Forest. A historic windstorm on Monday, Sept. 7, 2020, caused these fires to rapidly spread west on the Willamette, Deschutes, and Mt. Hood National Forests, devastating communities and causing loss of property, life, and natural resources.
The story map is now available to the public and can be viewed at https://tinyurl.com/fm6b32w5. The maps include data that requires time to load so it may take a few minutes to load, please be patient. All links and resources related to project are included in the story map. Any additional information about the project can be accessed directly at https://tinyurl.com/3hrh6bwf.
Leslie W. Garcia (She/Her/Ella)
Public Affairs Specialist
Forest Service
Willamette National Forest
Cell: (458)209-7288
[email protected]
3106 Pierce Parkway, Suite D
Springfield, OR 97477
www.fs.fed.us
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