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March 12, 2009

Ore. gets $10M for forest work

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Federal stimulus spending is paying for more brush clearing and forest thinning in Oregon to reduce wildfire danger.

The U.S. Forest Service announced it is spending $10 million for contract crews — enough for about 100 jobs — to do the work on public and private lands in six rural Oregon counties: Curry, Crook, Deschutes, Douglas, Jefferson and Josephine.


 
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