Lomakatsi Restoration Project

Only 10% of historic Northwest oak habitats remain. Oregon conservationists and tribes are clearing Douglas firs to restore savannas and prevent wildfires.

President Donald Trump's administration is holding up money for wildfire mitigation projects.

Since the 1970s, billions of dollars in federal contracts have gone to forestry work like replanting trees or fuels reduction. Oregon has long been a center for businesses getting those contracts. But that industry looked a lot different 50 years ago.