Since MP was designed with buried power lines, no outdoor burning, and no burnable fuel tanks, how was it determined that it was more high risk than other areas that have power lines and other risk factors? Shouldn’t OR grant funding support more high risk areas near the urban-rural interface and/or areas with more limited economic resources?

MPHOA is among 19 other private landowners that received funding through this program this year – we are in the most densely populated area of all grant awardees. MPHOA is considered to be a part of the urban/wildland interface. The high density of single and multifamily housing adjacent to forested open spaces increases the risk of catastrophic wildfire. This area was also identified as a high priority fuel reduction zone in the Clackamas Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CCWPP).