In Oregon, a youth program prepares vulnerable landowners for wildfires

In protective glasses and hardhats, the workers tear their roaring chainsaws into the tangled branches of Lost Valley in Dexter, about 20 miles southeast of Eugene. This is the Community Wildfire Protection Corps, a three-month paid program for young adults ages 19 to 26. It’s backed by state wildfire funding, and run by the Northwest Youth Corps.

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