From The Forestry Department

While we are still dodging puddles along the skid roads of the farm, we received word from the local Forestry Department about fire season for this year.

We got a good shot of rain this past week which was much needed.  However, warm weather has returned and will continue for the next 7-10 days, if not longer.

 

With the dry spring we have had, it has put us in a position to declare fire season a little earlier this year.  With this, we will be declaring fire season and also entering Regulated Use (Public Use Restrictions) on Tuesday, June 22, 2021 at 0100 hours.   The outlook for the rest of summer is currently showing us to be hotter and drier as the summer progresses and we are fully prepared for a long duration fire season.  The recent moisture we received has been very welcomed however, it is a “too little too late” type scenario and ultimately just delayed us going into fire season a few extra days.

The ruinous fire season of 2020, not only in Oregon but throughout the nation, has everyone paying attention.

Logging of burnt plots, parcels, acres and miles of forestland is happening at a breakneck speed in order to salvage any wood that is still useable before infestations of boring bugs render the logs useless. This notice of fire season and the restrictions that come along with it is our notice to be on alert and diligent in our forest practices.

We, as a collective, don’t want and can’t afford another summer like last year.