Private forestland owners in central Wasco County can reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire and improve their forest health with conservation assistance available from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Forest Service.  The Central Wasco County All-Lands Project is funded by the Joint Chiefs Landscape Restoration Initiative, a partnership between the two USDA agencies that reduces wildfire risk on both public and private forests.  NRCS is offering assistance to help private landowners treat and improve their woods and forests, and the Forest Service will be performing similar restoration on the federal side of the project boundary in the Mt. Hood National Forest.  Project funding will help forestland owners implement conservation practices, such as forest stand improvement and woody residue treatment.  Interested landowners should submit applications by April 16 to The Dalles Service Center field office at 2325 River Road, #3, The Dalles, OR 97058.  For more information, call 541-298-8559, extension 113.