Prescribed Fire Returns to the Heritage Forest Demonstration On October 14, the Sisters Ranger District conducted a successful, well controlled, 171 acre prescribed broadcast burn at the junction of the Forest Service Roads 1216 and 1419, the Four Corners, west of Camp Sherman. Heritage Forest Demonstration plots burned included the Larch Restoration plot (Plot 1A) […]
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Metolius lover and soon-to-be Central Oregon resident Joan Amero moved from the coast of Massachusetts to Oregon in 1976. She quickly found the Metolius River and fell in love with the area. Even though Joan has lived & worked in the Willamette Valley for many years, she has always spent a lot of time exploring […]
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The Sisters Ranger District conducted a successful, well controlled, prescribed broadcast burn on October 15, 2018, that included two Heritage Forest Demonstration Plots. Plot 1A, Larch Restoration, southwest side of the 4-Corners: Western larch were planted several years ago after larch failed to naturally reseed following a prescribed burn in 2003. Branches, needles, and duff […]