With fires burning throughout Oregon and particularly in Sisters, Oregon, residents should be prepared to evacuate in a wildfire situation at a moments notice. Residents near ongoing wildfires might be wondering what they can do to be better prepared for possible evacuation. Project Wildfire urges residents to prepare for evacuation by knowing...
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With two local fires this season and dozens in previous years in bark mulch, considering how to limit the impact of bark mulch is a hot topic in the defensible space conversation. Bark mulch can be a receptive fuel bed for cigarettes and the embers produced by nearby wildfires. If the bark mulch is...
Is your house at risk from a wildfire? If you live in Central Oregon it is very likely you will be affected by a wildfire. That’s because of we live in an ecosystem that has developed with fire as an integral component. The old adage of not “if” but “when”...
Last Friday firefighters from Oregon Department of Forestry, US Forest Service, Sisters Camp Sherman Fire District, and Cloverdale Fire District responded to a fire located off of Wilt Road north of Sisters that is owned by Deschutes County. Prior fuel treatments in the area allowed for a successful coordinated multi-agency initial attack...
With the recent restoration activity near Phil’s Trailhead the past spring many folks are getting used to seeing prescribed fire near Bend. But today’s prescribed burn is so much more than that. This is the first project under a new participating agreement between The Deschutes National Forest, Bend Parks and Recreation...
Note: This blog was originally posted on https://fireadaptednetwork.org/more-than-just-another-fire-truck/ Project Wildfire hosted the first in a series of three learning exchanges that FAC Net members in the Pacific Northwest have planned this spring. Participants from Central Washington’s Chumstick Wildfire Stewardship Coalition and their partners from the Cascadia Conservation District, along with Southern Oregon Forest Restoration Collaborative and Jackson...