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2025 Spring Prescribed Fire Season Wraps Up

deschutes June 26, 2025 No Comments

It was another successful prescribed fire spring season on the Deschutes! 2025 Spring Prescribed Fire Season By The Numbers: Total acres burned: 3,493 acres Bend Fort Rock Ranger District: Crescent Ranger…

Burning Questions Answered: New review examines 30 years of fuel treatment effects on wildfire severity

deschutes June 25, 2024 No Comments

“There is overwhelming evidence that reducing tree density and returning low severity fire to dry mixed conifer forests reduces the severity of subsequent wildfires”- Kimberley Davis, Research Ecologist at the…

Smoke 101

deschutes April 8, 2024 No Comments

Differences between wildfire and prescribed fire smoke in Western States in the U.S. What Is Smoke? Smoke is a byproduct of living and dead vegetation and organic soil, collectively referred…

What is Prescribed Fire?

deschutes March 6, 2024 No Comments

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…

Twenty-year study confirms California forests are healthier when burned — or thinned

deschutes January 3, 2024 No Comments

Excerpts from an article from UC Berkeley by Kara Manke “The research is pretty darn clear that these treatments are effective — very effective,” said study lead author Scott Stephens,…

What is Prescribed Fire and Why is it Important for Forest Health?

deschutes October 5, 2023 No Comments

by Carolyn Bucknall, National Forest Foundation It may seem counterintuitive that burning forests is good for their health. In fact, until the end of the 20th century, many conservationists believed…

Oregon State Study Confirms Successful Eastern Forest Restoration

deschutes September 26, 2023 No Comments

Story by: Steve Lundebergsteve.lundeberg@oregonstate.edu Source: James Johnstonjames.johnston@oregonstate.edu Forest thinning is improving the robustness of older trees and enhancing native biodiversity on federal lands in eastern Oregon, evidence that collaborative efforts…

Indigenous groups say they have a better way to fight wildfires

deschutes September 26, 2023 No Comments

The Oregonian More frequent fires. Smaller, cooler blazes. Nighttime and early morning burns. Those are three important principles of what’s known as cultural burning, a firefighting practice honed by Indigenous…

A case study on the 2021 BootLeg Wildfire

deschutes September 11, 2023 No Comments

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…

Prescribed Burning in Progress

deschutes May 3, 2022 No Comments

Prescribed Burning locations across Central Oregon With the arrival of favorable weather conditions, fire managers on the Deschutes National Forest will begin igniting prescribed burns and pile burns across our…

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2025 Spring Prescribed Fire Season Wraps Up

Burning Questions Answered: New review examines 30 years of fuel treatment effects on wildfire severity

Smoke 101

What is Prescribed Fire?

Twenty-year study confirms California forests are healthier when burned — or thinned

What is Prescribed Fire and Why is it Important for Forest Health?

Oregon State Study Confirms Successful Eastern Forest Restoration

Indigenous groups say they have a better way to fight wildfires

A case study on the 2021 BootLeg Wildfire

Prescribed Burning in Progress

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