Post-fire reforestation and restoration

Learn how Mt. Hood National Forst staff are helping the forest recover across the fire-impacted lands. 

  • Restoring streams with danger trees

    Helicopter flying with logs

    Fire-killed trees find new life in providing habitat for threatened fish species in forest streams.

  • Measuring wildfire impacts underground

    Fine roots in soil

    When wildfires burn, the damage above ground is easy to see. But soil scientists see what’s going on below the surface!

  • A new tool for post-fire reforestation

    Drone operator

    How do you reforest steep canyons and rocky hillsides after a wildfire? Drones are reaching places ground crews can’t.

  • Riparian planting along the Clackamas River

    Replanting crew

    Thanks to a grant and good partners, Mt. Hood has 177,000 new seedlings in riparian areas burned in the Riverside Fire.

  • Replanting in the White River Fire area

    White River Fire replanting seedling

    Crews were able to replant 560 acres of forest with native trees in the severely burned areas of the White River Fire.

  • Reducing fire risk at Ripplebrook burn area

    Settlement sale of hazard trees

    PGE removed hundreds of felled hazard trees that posed fire risk along miles of important infrastructure between Oak Grove and Ripplebrook.