Changing climate factor in Oregon wildfire plans

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — Climate change is becoming part of the planning for dealing with wildfires in southern Oregon.

The Mail Tribune reports the Oregon Department of Forestry is working with foresters, landowners and land managers to help them make some different choices when it comes to planting certain tree species.

The goal is to plant or encourage the growth of native trees that tolerate drought and are fire resistant.

State foresters provide expertise to private forest landowners and wildfire protection for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, as well as other public and private lands.

The BLM and the U.S. Forest Service are also preparing for eventual climate change and looking for ways to make forests more resilient to those changes.

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Information from: Mail Tribune, http://www.mailtribune.com/