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Trail Closure Updates for Phils Trail area

deschutes March 9, 2022 No Comments

Restoration Work near Phil’s Trail area Popular mountain biking trails will be temporarily closed. You may have noticed some activity in the forests west of Bend. Restoration work (thinning, mowing, [...]

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 [...]

What is up with the Mulch Piles near Phil’s Trailhead?

deschutes April 14, 2020 No Comments

What’s up with the Mulch Piles around Phil’s Trailhead? Beginning Wednesday, April 15, 2020, the Deschutes National Forest will temporarily close the gate on Forest Road 4604 near the Phil’s [...]

Webinar: Lessons from the Milli Fire

deschutes February 16, 2018 No Comments

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 [...]

West Bend Project Receives Top Honor

deschutes December 8, 2017 No Comments

West Bend Project Receives Forest Service’s Top Honor The prestigious “Chief’s Honor Award” was given in Washington D.C. On November 7, 2017, the West Bend Project received the 2017 Forest [...]

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 [...]

Where to ride in Bend during trail closures

deschutes April 13, 2017 No Comments

Where to ride in Bend during trail closures *Updated January 25, 2021. During forest restoration activity, portions of the Phil’s Trail network may be temporarily closed for your safety, but [...]

My Deschutes Forest

deschutes May 31, 2016 No Comments

My Deschutes Forest Contributed by long time Bend resident, avid mountain biker and previous owner of Cog Wild, Melanie Fisher. A few years ago, I was invited to a meeting on [...]

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, [...]

Prescribed Burning Begins on the Deschutes National Forest

deschutes March 31, 2016 No Comments

Prescribed Burning Begins on the Deschutes National Forest A public service announcement from our friends at the Deschutes National Forest Service. Warmer weather has opened up prescribed burning opportunities on [...]

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