Hello all--thanks in advance for your insight on this. My husband and I are looking for properties, probably between 20 and 50 acres, to start our lives as novice permaculturists. We are both from Oregon and are reluctant to move very far from the Pacific Northwest. Eastern WA or Okanogan County look affordable to us with decent rainfall. Yet, we are aware of the wildfire risk--but it also seems like just about anywhere in the Western US is a wildfire risk now. Thoughts on where to look? We would stay in the Willamette Valley where we currently live, but land has become expensive here--our budget is 50k-150k. We'd also like to move out of the Cascadia subduction zone if possible.
In terms of design, we've read that planting fire-resistant species on the perimeter of the property as well as putting in a road/fire break around the perimeter are good places to start, along with good water management. We've read mixed info that south facing slopes are good for growing but bad for wildfire risk. I know this is all has many variables, and in many ways is site-specific.
Thank you!
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