If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. The City of Ashland does not want a hot fire to burn across the mountain side that provides its water, and it's impossible to prevent all fires.
So the city and partners are thinning and burning the watershed in the Ashland Forest Resiliency Stewardship Project to reduce fire fuels.
The project is now five years old, and a recent federal grant will allow it to continue and expand.
AFR leaders join us with an update.