Deschutes Collaborative Forest Project

This is such a great visual for all that goes into community wildfire prevention and protection and all its intricacies! Protecting our communities takes a commitment from everyone 💪

Thanks for this graphic Community Planning Assistance for Wildfire (CPAW) and 🙏🔥

Learn more 👇👇
https://cpaw.headwaterseconomics.org/

https://www.centraloregonlandwatch.org/update/2026/5/19/planning-for-a-fire-resilient-future?emci=7c81d996-6155-f111-8fcb-000d3a18905c&emdi=2cd03525-de55-f111-8fcb-000d3a18905c&ceid=919180

Planning for a fire-resilient future — Central Oregon LandWatch Wildfire has always been part of Central Oregon’s landscape, but in today’s world of increasing heat and a growing development footprint in fire-prone areas—the risks we face are also increasing. Thankfully, land use planning is one of the most powerful—and often overlooked—tools we have t...

🔥 Prescribed fire is scientifically proven to help prevent catastrophic wildfire from starting and spreading. Our dry forest actually needs low intensity fire to "clean up" excess fuels and prevent mega fires.

🔥 It's been a big priority in Deschutes county in the last ten years to restore our forest (get all those extra trees that accumulated from years of mismanagement out of here!) and bring low intensity fire back to the landscape to not only protect the places we love but also improve habitat for both flora and fauna long term.

“There is overwhelming evidence that reducing tree density and returning low severity fire to dry mixed conifer forests reduces the severity of subsequent wildfires”- Kimberley Davis, Research Ecologist at the USDA Forest Service’s Rocky Mountain Research Station.

Read the whole article by 👇 and on our blog 🔗 in our bio.
https://deschutescollaborative.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/sycu5_2024_06_burning_questions.pdf

FEATURED SCIENTISTS:
Kimberley T. Davis is a Research Ecologist for the Rocky Mountain Research Station in the Fire, Fuel, and Smoke Science Program who zeroes in on the ways forest resilience and management are impacted by dynamic shifts in climate and fire regimes.

Jamie Peeler is a Landscape Ecologist and post-doctoral fellow at the University of Montana’s Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences Paleoecology and Fire Ecology Lab.

Joseph Fargione is the Science Director, North America for The Nature Conservancy.

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Great information on how we are all working together to make Central Oregon a more fire safe environment!
Visit Bend Oregon
Oregon Living with Fire

Potential extreme fire risk prompts new outreach to tourists in Bend area Fire danger is rising across Central Oregon and local groups are stepping up efforts to reach tourists with safety information. New tools and outreach aim to keep visitors informed and prevent wildfires.

🔥 Reminder that prescribed fire is the best tool we have in preventing catastrophic wildfire from destroying our towns, trails and favorite spots in the forest.

🚒 Prescribed fire is extremely well managed. Specialists on site are constantly monitoring and making sure there is as little smoke impact to town as possible.

🌲 Our dry ponderosa forest needs low intensity fire like prescribed fire to thrive! This helps "clean up" the forest floor of excess fuels (that feed wildfire!) and helps the whole forest ecosystem get back to historic norms.

💨 A little smoke now is worth it in the long run! Sign up for alerts and reminders: text COFIRE to 888-777 to get all the info, locations and more on all things prescribed fire this season.

Thank you Visit Bend Oregon for this incredibly informative piece on forest restoration in the Deschutes National Forest!
https://visitbend.com/journal/prescribed-burns-bend-oregon-forest-health/?fbclid=IwY2xjawRTXpFleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFHT2hUc0ZWMlBjNE9XZUJHc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHmnvkwobSt0AgDzDiMRR8CZBJEfpxTXtVBl7cfd0cPGVMgQMoe8G_1dGRSHH_aem_TFbNIg9OaLECZ8Lg67P7fQ

No blaze, no balance: why fire is key to Bend’s healthy forests Learn how the Deschutes Collaborative Forest and Project and the Forest Service use prescribed fires to make Bend’s landscapes healthy.