…An estimated 10% of the Pacific Northwest’s historical oak habitat remains. Environmental groups are working to restore what is left, hoping to reduce wildfire risk while bringing back habitat for wildlife. The wide-open oak savannas have largely disappeared since European settlement. Dense stands of fir trees have crowded out many oaks, leaving them hidden beneath the canopy, nearly invisible. …restoration ecologist Rob Strahan is part of the Klamath Siskiyou Oak Network, a collaboration working to conserve oak habitat in Southern Oregon and Northern California. Since forming in 2011, the network has restored about 6,000 acres. …Jaime Stephens with the Klamath Bird Observatory said oak habitat tends to overlap with where people like to live, which is why it’s degraded so much. …In 2020, the partners identified the areas where oak habitat restoration would have the most impact. The current project aims to bring back another 4,000 acres of historic oak habitat.