Today’s the day! The staging area is bustling with activity as fire engines, water trucks, and fire professionals arrive and begin to assemble and ready their gear, tools, and equipment. […] Read more The final piece of ensuring safe and controlled prescribed fire involves all the personnel on hand, including both the ignitions and holding […]
The plants and animals who live in our dry ponderosa pine forests are also adapted to fire and benefit from forest restoration. Wildlife habitat restoration in the Deschutes Forest includes […] Read more For a quick reference guide to print at home, email to friends, or share with neighbors, download our forest restoration Rack Card, […]
Susan J. Prichard, a research scientist with the University of Washington and the Pacific Fire Sciences Wildland Laboratory has compiled a concise review of how wildfire has evolved in the […] Read more Across the state of Oregon, Forest Collaboratives are working to increase the pace and scale of forest restoration in their communities. Featuring the […]
A public service announcement from Sgt. Nathan Garibay, Deschutes County Emergency Services Manager and Michael Ryan, Crook County Emergency Services Manager In 2014, Oregon adopted three fire evacuation levels after thorough consideration […] Read more A Public Service Announcement from the Central Oregon Fire Prevention Cooperative. Youth Fire Prevention & Intervention As the dog days of summer […]
Fuels Reduction Slows Milli Fire Deschutes Collaborative Forest Project members Ed Keith and Nicole Strong visited an area of the Milli Fire where restoration had been implemented west and south […] Read more Why Prescribed Fire Matters: Healthier forests. Safer communities Contributed by Pete Caligiuri – Forest Ecologist, The Nature Conservancy, Bob Madden – Deputy […]
Ignitions planned south and west of Bend and outside Sisters If weather conditions remain favorable, the Deschutes National Forest has several prescribed burns planned for the weekend of April 30, […] Read more Prescribed Burning Begins on the Deschutes National Forest A public service announcement from our friends at the Deschutes National Forest Service. Warmer […]
Good Dog Area Trail Closure Update ***** UPDATED 04/15/16 ***** Good news! As of Friday, April 15th restoration work has been […] Read more Top Five Reasons to Cut Your Own Christmas Tree this Holiday Season Written by Pete Caligiuri with The Nature Conservancy and Sarah Mowry […] Read more Pile Burning to begin around Central Oregon this week […]
Deschutes Collaborative Forest Project members Ed Keith and Nicole Strong visited an area of the Milli Fire where restoration had been implemented west and south of Sisters earlier in the year. Thinning, mowing, and prescribed burning in the area helped reduce the intensity and duration of a portion of the Milli fire, making it easier […]
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Thinning, Mowing and Prescribed Fire completed during the Spring 2017 prescribed fire season helped firefighters battle the Milli Fire outside of Sisters. During the August 2017 Milli Fire outside of Sisters, Deschutes Collaborative Forest Project members Ed Keith and Nicole Strong visited an area of the fire where restoration had been implemented the previous spring. […]
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“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 economy, Sisters lives in dread of wildfire each summer. To push back against those impacts, foresters must fight fire with fire: specifically, prescribed fire. Fire is […]
Without regular fires, Oregon’s dry, east-side forests have grown much thicker. The unnaturally dense forests that exist today are more susceptible to insect and disease outbreaks and are fueling bigger, more intense wildfires that put nearby communities in danger.
We share our community’s concerns regarding health, visibility, and livability related to smoke produced by prescribed fires. And we know that prescribed burns are a critical step in forest restoration. Research shows that in addition to sustaining important forest ecosystem functions, prescribed burning significantly reduces the likelihood of wildfires, the kind that means danger for […]
