Videos Archives | Deschutes Collaborative Forest Project

Prescribed Fire Planning

deschutes May 6, 2019 No Comments

Restoring our dry, fire-adapted forests in Central Oregon is a multi-step process carried out over many years and requiring collaboration among a diverse team of forest scientists, fire experts, loggers, [...]

Meet the Crew

deschutes May 6, 2019 No Comments

Once the initial forest restoration steps have been completed, and the forest is ready for prescribed fire, now it’s time to organize the many fire professionals and equipment needed to [...]

The Day-of a Prescribed Fire

deschutes May 6, 2019 No Comments

Today’s the day! The staging area is bustling with activity. Fire engines, water tenders, and fire professionals begin to assemble. The Burn Boss, hard at work since early in the [...]

Mop-Up After Prescribed Fire

deschutes May 6, 2019 No Comments

Once the ignitions crews have worked their way across the prescribed burn unit and holding crews have secured the perimeter, the Burn Boss notifies fire dispatch that the prescribed fire [...]

KTVZ Business Break with DCFP

deschutes March 28, 2019 No Comments

Pete Caligiuri, Deschutes Collaborative Forest Project steering committee member and Forest Ecologist with the Nature Conservancy, joined our local morning show Business Break on KTVZ for a brief discussion on the [...]

All Hands, All Lands Video

deschutes November 12, 2018 No Comments

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 [...]

Restoration in a Fire Forest: The Benefits of Burning

deschutes November 12, 2018 No Comments

“All of the benefits that we care about – whether that’s wildlife or safer communities, safer houses, safer firefighters, green forests to recreate in – that all depends on our [...]

Dr. Hessburg’s Era of Megafires

deschutes July 25, 2018 No Comments

Why wildfires have gotten worse – and what we can do about it. Megafires, individual fires that burn more than 100,000 acres, are on the rise in the western United [...]

City Club of Bend March 2018 Forum

deschutes April 25, 2018 No Comments

How does a team with contrasting perspectives successfully work together to create healthier forests? Can a team like this be a role model for other communities in the West hoping [...]

Restoring Our Fire-Adapted Forest

deschutes April 17, 2018 No Comments

You may have noticed some changes taking place in our forests close to home. Paint on trees, thinning, mowing, and prescribed burning are all visible signs of carefully planned and [...]

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