Amanda Stamper

Amanda Stamper Deschutes National Forest, Sisters RD Oregon Prescribed Fire Council Chair Inherent complexities = inhe...

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Amanda Stamper Deschutes National Forest, Sisters RD Oregon Prescribed Fire Council Chair

Inherent complexities = inherent challenges Formal and informal opportunities

Measured in: •Acres Treated •Implementation and Effectiveness Monitoring

•Training and Resource Sharing •Stakeholder Engagement

Acres Treated

Method

771

Underburning

8,333

Pile Burning

2,954

Hand Piling

5,401

Thinning

2,176

Chipping

SAFR/Skyline Forest Fuels Treatment Effectiveness Monitoring on the Pole Creek Fire Live trees per acre, pre/post-burn by treatment and stand type Untreated

Masticated

Thinned+Rx

pre

post

pre

post

pre

post

Large, old PIPO

70

70

80

20

50

50

younger PIPO

105

20

80

40

70

70

Large, old mixed con

170

120

younger mixed con

180

0

Percent tree mortality by treatment and stand type Untreated

Masticated

Thinned-burned

Large, old PIPO

0

75

0

younger PIPO

81

50

0

Large, old mixed con

29

younger mixed con

100

Pre-Fire, Thinned and Masticated, No Rx Fire

Pre-Fire, Thinned, Mowed, Handpiled, Burned

Post-Fire, Thinned and Masticated, No Rx Fire

Post-Fire, Thinned, Mowed, Handpiled, Burned

Sharing: •Equipment •Experience •Burners •Training Capitalize on varying Rx windows Learn from one another

Tribal, federal, state, county, city, academic, and private interests in support of prescribed fire management

Uniting issue for many in natural and cultural resources management

Wildlife Timber Cultural Resources Fire Management

Issues being addressed collaboratively in the 2013-2013 Smoke Management Plan Revision included: o

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Smoke Sensitive Receptor Areas and Special Protection Zones Class I Area visibility Emission reduction techniques/alternatives to burning Compliance and enforcement Complaint procedures Marginal day burning Training, Education and Communication Burning outside district boundaries Prescribed fire vs. wildfire for multiple resource objectives

Facilitate and encourage councils

Challenges and Opportunities in on the Deschutes and Beyond o

Education and Raising Public Awareness o

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Training Exchanges and Resource Sharing o

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Inevitability of either wildfire or prescribed fire needs to be communicated Need for agreements between fire management agencies to engage equally in prescribed and wildland fire management TREX in SW and Central Oregon

Smoke Management and Trade Offs o o

Wildfire emissions prevention via prescribed burning Increasing scope and pace of forest restoration, which includes prescribed fire, while remaining compliant with the Clean Air Act

Amanda Stamper Oregon Prescribed Fire Council [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/OregonPrescribedFireCouncil [email protected] Register for the Inaugural Meeting of the Oregon Prescribed Fire Council, April 10th, 2014 in Bend at: http://centraloregonfiresymposium.org/