Lomakatsi Restoration Project

These treatments have been applied to several sites, including areas in the Illinois Valley, Williams Creek Watershed, Colestin Valley, Rogue Valley and Prospect areas of Southwestern Oregon.
Each site presents varying conditions, from south-facing, dry forests with lots of brush to clear, to north facing areas filled with overstory trees.
Treatments are prescribed on the basis of [...]

Fire has been a frequent visitor to the Southern Oregon landscape for thousands of years. It is only in the past 100 – 150 years that fire has been suppressed on the land and prevented from playing its ecological role. This has harmed the native ecosystems, which evolved with fire in their presence as [...]

Private lands comprise an important percentage of forestlands, which often represent ecological strongholds and significant islands of biodiversity that have not subjected to continual resource extraction and degradation.In conjunction with performing restoration work, LRP promotes ‘Conservation Easements’ to legally protect the land in perpetuity from commercial resource extraction activities.
LRP established stewardships with more than 25 [...]