DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore. -- Work has already begun on the Umpqua National Forest as a result of stimulus money from the federal government.
Nearly three dozen workers from the Douglas Forest Protective Association (DFPA) are working, that might not be otherwise.
National forest officials and the DFPA are working together on projects near the Tiller area that are the first ones to get started with the $900,000 of stimulus money, under the American Recovery Reinvestment Act of 2009.
The crews are thinning trees and piling slash as part of the fuel reduction.
The Forest Service received about $1.2 billion, and out of that, $10 million came to six counties in Oregon that were hardest hit economically.
Douglas County got about $2 million that was awarded in a series of contracts and agreements.
Straight from KPIC CBS channel 4.