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Keep Oregon Green Association, Inc. PO Box 12365 Salem OR 97309-0365 Phone: (503) 945-7498 |
KOG maintains a continuing review of wildfire statistics by general and specific causes, causer, acres, and cost in order to target particular audiences
KOG maintains an effective partnership with news and educational media to disseminate advertisements to the Portland, Eugene, Medford, Bend, and Pendleton areas
KOG maintains a building at the Oregon State Fairgrounds where for 11 days/11 hours a day over 150,000 visitors are greeted with wildfire prevention information, games, and brochures. The building is maintained as one that would survive a wildfire in the wildland/urban interface
The total annual contribution that you provide is supplemented three or four times with other types of funding and in-kind donations that provide for statewide services; $50,000 turned into a $154,000 ad campaign last year due to our great partnerships.
The Keep Oregon Green Association (KOG) influences specific groups, individuals and the general public to adopt attitudes and behaviors that prevent human-caused wildfires on all agricultural, grazing, and forestlands in Oregon
KOG contracts with USFS, USDI – BLM, ODF, and Coos, Douglas, and Walker Ranger patrols
KOG is the umbrella organization that performs state-wide prevention and coordinates with efforts being made by agency employees in the field. KOG provides local assistance when requested
KOG develops and executes statewide timely and effective programs to raise the awareness of the wildfire problem and to educate the public on the prevention of those problems
KOG conducts a wildfire prevention program targeting kids ages 8-12 who discover Oregon’s forests, determine the types of human behaviors that cause wildfires, and explore ways in which they can help prevent those wildfires - KOG Ranger program www.kogranger.org