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In response To A Guest Column In The Bend Bulletin

deschutes November 20, 2024 No Comments

The following guest column was submitted to the Bend Bulletin in response to a column written by George Wuerthner to clarify information that misrepresents the general scientific consensus about forest and fire…

Land Management Plan Direction for Old-Growth Forest Conditions Across the National Forest System

deschutes January 17, 2024 No Comments

Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement. The United States Department of Agriculture is proposing to amend all land management plans for units of the National Forest System…

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…

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…

Preventing Human-Start Fires

deschutes June 23, 2020 No Comments

Preventing Human-Start Fires This Summer Contributed by our partners at Project Wildfire Thanks to an unfortunately warm and dry spring, Central Oregon’s summer temperatures are predicted to be hotter and…

Fuels Reduction Slows Milli Fire

deschutes August 31, 2017 No Comments

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…

Why Prescribed Fire Matters

deschutes July 10, 2017 No Comments

Why Prescribed Fire Matters: Healthier forests. Safer communities Contributed by Pete Caligiuri – Forest Ecologist, The Nature Conservancy, Bob Madden – Deputy Chief of Fire Operations, Bend Fire, and Deana…

Spring Prescribed Burns Scheduled

deschutes April 29, 2016 No Comments

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,…

What is with all the paint on trees?

deschutes October 21, 2015 No Comments

What is with all the paint on trees? You have probably noticed something new in the forests west of Bend on your dog walks and bike rides this year; a…

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In response To A Guest Column In The Bend Bulletin

Land Management Plan Direction for Old-Growth Forest Conditions Across the National Forest System

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

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

Indigenous groups say they have a better way to fight wildfires

Preventing Human-Start Fires

Fuels Reduction Slows Milli Fire

Why Prescribed Fire Matters

Spring Prescribed Burns Scheduled

What is with all the paint on trees?

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