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
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