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How a ‘Hillbilly Brigade’ saved an Oregon town from raging wildfires

MOLALLA, Ore. (Reuters) – Nicole West steered her bulldozer through the smoldering forest, pushing logs into the underbrush and away from the wildfires ripping through Oregon’s Cascade Mountains. Her border collie, Oink, rode shotgun as West and a volunteer crew raced to clear a fire line. https://www.reuters.com/video/?videoId=RCV008QSW&jwsource=em Behind West, on the front lines of the

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Sarah Reith of KZYX speaks with Scott Cratty and Mary Buckley about a grant to help income eligible people get free defensible space work done on their properties.

Scott Cratty of Mendocino Firesafe Council cites Sherwood Firewise several times for the work we did in helping to keep residents safe during the Oak Fire. https://www.kzyx.org/post/still-time-get-free-defensible-space-work-done-get-health-district-board#stream/0

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