May 26, 2022 3:00 a.m.

Oregon’s U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley have announced that the state will receive a total of $1.65 million from the Bureau of Land Management for ecosystem restoration projects throughout the state.

A release from the Senators said the BLM has allocated a total of $26 million through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that both of them supported. Ecosystem restoration incudes: assessing and eradicating invasive species, restoring recreation sites and making them more resilient from erosion and human-caused damage, reducing hazards and revegetating impacted land mines, and advancing the national revegetation effort.

Ten projects in Oregon will receive funding. In addition, BLM funds will go toward restoring orphaned well sites, improving wildland firefighting, supporting hazardous fuels reduction and advancing clean energy.

More details and comments from the senators are linked: https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-merkley-165-million-to-oregon-for-ecosystem-restoration