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FireFree Recycling Events This Weekend!

FireFree Recycling Events This Weekend!
FireFree Recycling Events This Weekend! Last year’s fire season is fresh in many Central Oregon resident’s minds. Fire season is just around the corner and now is the time for Central Oregonians to prepare their home for fire season. Across the state and in Deschutes County, fire departments and organizations are encouraging residents to learn…
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Dr. Paul Hessburg’s Era of Megafire returns to Central Oregon

Dr. Paul Hessburg’s Era of Megafire returns to Central Oregon
Dr. Paul Hessburg's Era of Megafire returns to Central Oregon Last year was a record fire year with 9.1 million acres burning in the US. More than 680,000 acres burned in Oregon alone, in at least 33 different fires, one of which was a Megafire that burned over 190,000 acres. Our communities, homes, businesses and our…
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City Club of Central Oregon

City Club of Central Oregon
Special event with City Club, registration is now open! For almost a decade, members of the Deschutes Collaborative Forest Project have been working towards improving the health of the national forest lands in Central Oregon, increasing resiliency to threats like wildfire, drought, and insect outbreaks. With input from collaborative team members including recreation enthusiasts, timber…
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Webinar: Lessons from the Milli Fire

Webinar: Lessons from the Milli Fire
We invite you to join the Northwest Fire Science Consortium, a Joint Fire Science Program Fire Science Exchange Network, for an informative webinar: Lessons from the Milli Fire The 2017 wildfire season impacted many forests and adjacent communities across the Western United States, leaving land managers, public officials and citizens with questions about how to…
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