Crowfoot Road Project (formerly Rural Community Wildfire Mitigation Project)

Location: Rural communities along Crowfoot Road between Highway 62 and Butte Falls Highway
Partners: FEMA, Office of Emergency Management, Fire District 3, Oregon Department of Forestry, Rogue Basin Partnership

The Crowfoot Road Project focuses on reducing wildfire risk for rural communities in a high-priority area between Shady Cove and the Rogue-Siskiyou National Forest. Through strategic fuel reduction, defensible space creation, and ignition-resistant home retrofits, we aim to improve community safety and wildfire resilience.

Project Goals:

• Reduce hazardous fuels within two miles of homes
• Create defensible space around structures
• Assist landowners in retrofitting homes using fire-resistant construction methods

Progress So Far:
We’ve completed initial home and property assessments with approximately 90% of participating landowners. We’re now developing treatment prescriptions and budgets for implementation. A custom digital survey tool, developed in collaboration with Fire District 3, helps us efficiently assess wildfire risk and generate tailored reports for landowners and emergency management agencies.

Next Steps:
Implementation planning is underway. Monitoring strategies are in development and will be shared as the project progresses.