“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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Central Oregon Fire Information website is a by-product of collaboration by many local agencies and organizations, who came together to increase shared information about prescribed fire smoke and wildfire [...]
If you’re looking for a comprehensive list of resources to help tell Central Oregon’s fire-adapted forest story, be sure to check out the DCFP Educational Resources Handout. It has links [...]
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, loggers, fire experts, [...]
Successful restoration treatments in the Deschutes National Forest wouldn’t be possible without the collaboration of many skilled and dedicated professionals. A wide array of highly trained professionals (archeologists, soil scientists, botanists, wildlife biologists, foresters, [...]
