Hotseat: Matt Donegan. He has a plan to stop Oregon from burning. Think Moneyball for forests.

Hotseat: Matt Donegan. He has a plan to stop Oregon from burning. Think Moneyball for forests.

The flurry of fire-related bills lawmakers introduced this session are going nowhere. Donegan would like to change that.

Hotseat: An Interview with Matt Donegan, Former CEO of Forest Capital Partners - The New Era

He has a plan to stop Oregon from burning. Think Moneyball for forests. BY THE STAFF OF THE OREGON JOURNALISM PROJECT oregonjournalismproject.org Matt Donegan is working on a plan for Oregon’s forest problem. In 2024, the state saw 1.9 million acres burn, an area more than twice the size of Rhode Island. And last year, the agency that leads firefighting efforts, the Oregon Department of Forestry, was beset by scandal, management turmoil, and nea…