The Deschutes National Forest is full of white and grand firs that make perfect Christmas trees. Plus, they’re local and as organic as it gets. Don’t know what a white […] Read more CNN published a quick but comprehensive explanation of the Air Quality Index here: https://www.cnn.com/2016/11/15/health/wildfire-smoke-air-quality-health/index.html Read more Need Up to Date Prescribed Fire Information? […]
“After 15 years of massive and severe blazes that have blackened landscape and choked the community with smoke for weeks at a time, severely disrupting people’s lives and the local […] Read more Pete Caligiuri, Deschutes Collaborative Forest Project steering committee member and Forest Ecologist with the Nature Conservancy, joined our local morning show Business Break […]
Fire is an important part of any ecosystem. Disturbances such as fire change landscapes by altering plant and animal populations, removing some species, and allowing others to thrive. These changes can lead to healthy, diverse ecosystems that are often less prone to disease and pest outbreaks. In the Pacific Northwest, wildfires and those set by native […]
Forest restoration activity has been a bit quiet this winter but with snow beginning to melt and roads clearing, crews will be returning to their restoration work in the Deschutes National Forest soon! Be on the lookout over the next few weeks for managed pile burning near Bend and for logging equipment/activity to resume. We’ll […]
CNN published a quick but comprehensive explanation of the Air Quality Index here: https://www.cnn.com/2016/11/15/health/wildfire-smoke-air-quality-health/index.html Read more Within the Deschutes National Forest we now have approximately 450,000 acres of unnatural, unhealthy forest in need of active restoration. We’re all familiar with these conditions: overgrown, shrubby understories…overly dense forests that are […] Read more
Watershed Restoration within the Deschutes National Forest Contributed by Bill Anthony with Upper Deschutes Watershed Council and Darek Staab with Trout Unlimited You may have heard the saying “you can’t see the […] Read more
As fall weather brings more moisture, shorter days and cooler temperatures, fire and fuel specialists will begin burning slash piles across the Deschutes National Forest. Piles may smolder, burn, and produce smoke for several days after ignition. While smoke may linger in the area, there is a real benefit to burning this type of vegetation. […]
The Deschutes Collaborative Forest Project is working to put mistrust, and past conflict behind us—and pick up the quality, pace and scale of forest restoration projects in the dry fire-adapted forests of Central Oregon. Our diverse membership brings a full range of community values and interests to the table. Together we promote outcomes such as […]
Controlled burning is key to lowering fire severity during wildfire season While the Sycan Marsh Preserve is in a different national forest, the lessons learned from the Bootleg Fire can […] Read more Restoration Work near Phil’s Trail area Popular mountain biking trails will be temporarily closed. You may have noticed some activity in the […]
Our low elevation Central Oregon dry forests need fire for health and resilience into the future. Our friends and neighbors need the security of knowing their home, neighborhood and community […] Read more “All of the benefits that we care about – whether that’s wildlife or safer communities, safer houses, safer firefighters, green forests to […]
A public service announcement from the Deschutes County Board of County Commissioners Deschutes County Health Services is closely monitoring air quality as conditions may worsen due to smoke from numerous wildfires across Oregon. Smoke levels can rise and fall depending on weather factors such as wind direction. “We encourage people to monitor air quality conditions when […]
Contributed by: Pete Caligiuri – Forest Ecologist, The Nature Conservancy, Bob Madden – Deputy Chief of Fire Operations, Bend Fire Department, and Alex Enna – Prescribed Fire & Fuels Program Manager, Deschutes National Forest. We’re sure you all saw signs of prescribed fire (also known as controlled burning) this spring. Perhaps it was a plume of smoke […]
Rolling Stones keyboardist Chuck Leavell is combining two of his life interests – music and trees – into a new national television documentary, America’s Forests with Chuck Leavell. Chuck Leavell’s musical career includes work with the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, The Allman Brothers Band, John Mayer and others. He is also a conservationist, […]
A public service announcement from our friends at Project Wildfire. From Monday, November 2nd through Saturday November 14th (closed Sunday November 8th) local residents are encouraged to define their defensible space by taking advantage of the half price yard debris days. Residents can recycle their yard debris at Deschutes Recycling for HALF PRICE – only […]
