Etiqueta: Responding to and Recovering from Wildfire and Drought

Hogar / Responder y recuperarse de incendios forestales y sequías

Merkley, Wyden, Hoyle, Bynum, Salinas Announce Over $7.5 Million to Strengthen and Defend Oregon Communities Facing Wildfire Threats

May 1, 2026

Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with U.S. Representatives Val Hoyle (OR-04), Janelle Bynum (OR-05), and Andrea Salinas (OR-06), announced $7,538,176 is coming to four projects in Oregon to help make communities more resilient to severe wildfires. These investments from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will support disaster relief efforts and mitigate wildfire risk, protecting homes, businesses, and infrastructure in Oregon. For

Wyden, Merkley Announce More than $48 Million in Secure Rural Schools Funds for Oregon Counties

April 15, 2026

Funding comes after passage of Wyden/Merkley/Crapo/Risch bill to reauthorize Secure Rural Schools Program Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that nearly $48.7 million in federal funding from the U.S. Forest Service for fiscal year 2025 will be coming to Oregon counties following the passage

Wyden, Merkley Announce Nearly $49 Million in Retroactive Secure Rural Schools Funds for Oregon Counties

February 23, 2026

Funding comes after passage of Wyden/Merkley/Crapo/Risch bill to reauthorize Secure Rural Schools Program Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that nearly $49 million in retroactive federal funding from the U.S. Forest Service for fiscal year 2024 will be coming to Oregon counties following the

Ranking Members Heinrich, Klobuchar, Merkley, Huffman, Pingree, and Colleagues Call on Secretary Burgum to Halt Creation of Unified Wildfire Agency, Citing Dramatic Cuts at the Interior and Concerns with Fire Mismanagement

February 18, 2026

“Mismanagement of fire management has life-or-death consequences and places billions of taxpayer dollars at risk.” Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment,

Wyden, Merkley: Major Disaster Declaration Issued for 2024 Wildfires in Gilliam, Grant, Umatilla, Wasco & Wheeler Counties

January 2, 2025

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today they were gratified that President Biden has issued a major disaster declaration for Gilliam, Grant, Umatilla, Wasco and Wheeler counties that enables those five Oregon counties to receive federal help for wildfires last year between July 10-August 23. The major disaster

Rep. Stansbury, Sen. Merkley Lead Letter To FEMA Urging Critical Policy Changes

July 1, 2024

Reps. Blumenauer, Garcia, and Neguse co-lead letter on extreme heat, wildfire smoke effects WASHINGTON – Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) led a bicameral letter with Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) urging the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to use all available resources to respond to the threats of extreme heat and wildfire smoke facing

Merkley, Wyden: OSU recibe un premio de financiación federal para aumentar la resiliencia al humo de los incendios forestales en Oregón

21 de marzo de 2024

Washington, DC – Los senadores estadounidenses de Oregón, Jeff Merkley y Ron Wyden, anunciaron hoy que la Universidad Estatal de Oregón (OSU) recibió $667,500 como premio inicial de la Agencia de Protección Ambiental de Estados Unidos (EPA) para desarrollar un conjunto de intervenciones que incluyen kits de herramientas y recursos personalizados que Puede ser utilizado en escuelas, preescolares y

Merkley, Wyden Announce Over $38 Million Coming to Oregon to Combat Growing Wildfire Crisis

February 22, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today that Oregon is receiving over $38 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for wildfire resilience efforts under the U.S. Forest Service’s Wildfire Crisis Strategy. This significant federal investment, provided as part of the Biden administration’s

Declaración de Merkley sobre la medida de la administración Biden para proteger a las comunidades de los impactos de los incendios forestales y el humo

9 de noviembre de 2023

Washington, DC – Como líder franco en la protección de las comunidades de incendios forestales extremos y humo, el senador estadounidense de Oregón, Jeff Merkley, presidente del Subcomité de Asignaciones para el Interior, el Medio Ambiente y Agencias Relacionadas, emitió una declaración tras el anuncio de la Administración Biden de que emitir un Memorando de Entendimiento (MOU)

Merkley lidera el esfuerzo para reducir el riesgo de incendios forestales e impulsar las oportunidades económicas en las comunidades dependientes de los bosques

7 de septiembre de 2023

Washington, DC – Hoy, el senador estadounidense de Oregón, Jeff Merkley, encabezó a sus colegas del Senado en la introducción de la Ley de Comunidades Resilientes a los Incendios Forestales. En los últimos años, ciudades enteras han sido destruidas y miles de habitantes de Oregón se han visto obligados a evacuar debido a los incendios forestales. Estos incendios forestales están ocurriendo antes, con mayor frecuencia y