'If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.' — Laura Ingalls Wilder

🏡Prepare your home's defensible space during #WildfireAwarenessMonth
🍂Clear leaves & debris from gutters, eaves & decks
💥Remove flammable material within 30' of your home & outbuildings
🌳Prune trees so the lowest branches are 6-10' from the ground
ℹ️ fs.usda.gov/features/make-…

‼️Today's 30-acre prescribed burn 6 miles SW of Bend near Aspen Day Use Area has been cancelled due to unfavorable conditions. FS Road 700 & Two-Hour Horse Loop Trail remain open. Drive slow in area due to firefighting equipment & training participants.
ℹ️ centraloregonfire.org/2024/05/03/can…

‼️Whychus Creek Overlook will be closed for public safety on May 6 while accessibility improvements are made.

🥾⚠️The Whychus Creek Overlook & south side of the Whychus Creek Overlook Trail (#4069) will be closed from May 7–9 while work is ongoing.

ℹ️: fs.usda.gov/detail/deschut…

🔥Ignitions are planned for today, Friday, May 3, ~6 miles SW of Bend near Aspen Day Use Area.
Smoke will be visible from FS Road 41, Cascade Lakes Highway and the surrounding Bend area. Residents are encouraged to keep doors and windows closed to minimize smoke impacts.

#ThrowbackThursday to a ranger station built by forest ranger Cy Bingham on the west shore of Crescent Lake.

🔥Firefighters on the SAFR 64 Prescribed Burn have completed ignitions for 28 acres. Firefighters have transitioned to mop-up operations using water to secure the perimeter of the burn unit. Smoke is drifting across FS Road 16. Please slow down for firefighters in the area.

🔥Firefighters had a successful test fire on Sisters Area Fuels Reduction (SAFR 64) 3 miles south of Sisters along FS Road 16 & 1608. They are continuing ignitions for up to 28 acres. Smoke will be visible from Sisters & the surrounding area.

Smoke will be visible from FS Road 41, which will remain open.
⛔️FS Road 700, which accesses Aspen Day Use Area & a portion of Two-Hour Horse Loop will be closed. The road & trail will be closed during operations & into the weekend until firefighters determine the area is safe.

🔥This Friday (5/3), the Deschutes National Forest will conduct a 30 acre prescribed burn near Aspen Day Use Area ~6 miles SW of Bend as part of the National Interagency Prescribed Fire Training Center's Agency Administrator Workshop.
ℹ️ centraloregonfire.org/2024/05/01/ben…

🔥Tomorrow (5/1), Sisters Ranger District firefighters will conduct a 28-acre prescribed burn 3 miles south of Sisters adjacent to FS Roads 16 and 1608. The public is asked to use caution where fire traffic and firefighters are present.
ℹ️ centraloregonfire.org/2024/04/30/sis…

⚠Updated Trail Closures West of Bend⚠
🟢COD – Closure lifted
🟢Afternoon Delight – Closure lifted
🛑Mrazek – Closed between jct w/ 370/4601 TH & FSR 700
🛑Farwell Trail – Closed
🛑Royal Flush closed between Afternoon Delight & Duodenum (7 days/week)
ℹ fs.usda.gov/detail/deschut…

🔥Today (4/30) firefighters will conduct a live fire training 1 mile W of Bend, adjacent to FS Road 4606, N of Tumalo Creek as part of the Central Oregon Prescribed Fire Training Exchange (TREX). Ignitions on 3.5 acres are planned for around noon.
ℹ️ centraloregonfire.org/2024/04/30/thr…

‼️🌲 Vegetation management will begin May 1 on 3.5 miles of existing powerline along FS Rd 2058, also known as North Pine St, on the Sisters Ranger District. This section of road connects the City of Sisters w/ Indian Ford Road to the north.

ℹ More info: fs.usda.gov/detail/deschut…

🏔 'Mountains are giant, restful, absorbent. You can heave your spirit into a mountain & the mountain will keep it, folded, & not throw it back as some creeks will. The creeks are the world with all its stimulus & beauty; I live there. But the mountains are home.'
- Annie Dillard

‼️Heart of Oregon Corps Central Oregon Youth Conservation Corps is now accepting crew leader applications for summer '24.
ℹ️Starting wage: $20/hour
📍First day of work: June 17
📍Last day of work: August 15
📅 Work Schedule: M-Th
Learn more:
heartoforegon.org/who-we-are/car…

🔥This Sunday (4/28) through Tuesday (4/30) firefighters will be conducting live fire exercises near Besson Day Use along FS Road 41 west of Sunriver as part of the Central Oregon Wildfire School. Please use caution & slow down around fire traffic.
ℹ️ centraloregonfire.org/2024/04/26/int…

👷 #NationalVolunteerWeek Discover Your Forest administers 9 volunteer programs on the Deschutes NF.
In 2023, these programs engaged 85 volunteers contributing 5,121 volunteer hours, making 100K+ public contacts.
🌲 If you’d like to volunteer your time: fs.usda.gov/main/deschutes…

‼️🏕️Three more campgrounds are open as of this morning:
• East Davis Lake Campground
• Crescent Creek Campground
• Sunset Cove Campground

ℹ Reminder: All campgrounds are first come first serve Until May 24.

More information: fs.usda.gov/recmain/deschu…

#NationalVolunteerWeek The Deschutes NF recognizes Green Ridge Lookout for Enduring Service - sustained volunteerism & service & support with USFS.
The lookout tower was staffed during the 2023 season from July-September by 30 volunteers giving nearly 800 hours of time.