Prescribed Fire Update

If conditions remain favorable, firefighters on the Deschutes National Forest are planning ignitions south of Bend on Thursday and Friday. On Thursday, May 10, firefighters are planning ignitions on the 121 acre South Bend 446 unit located south of China Hat, approximately one mile south of the Lost Tracks Golf course and Woodside Ranch. On Friday, firefighters are planning ignitions on South Bend 137. The 250 acre unit is adjacent to Back Nine Golf course and will be visible from China Hat road.

If conditions remain favorable, firefighters on the Deschutes National Forest are planning continued ignitions south of Sisters near the Milli Fire scar and south of Bend and east of Sunriver on Tuesday. On Tuesday, May 8, firefighters are planning ignitions on the 150 acre Bon East 2C unit located east of Sunriver on Forest Road 9720. Burning in this unit is designed to decrease hazardous fuels accumulations within the Wildland Urban Interface near to the city of Sunriver and surrounding values at risk to reduce the risk of high-intensity wildfire as well as reintroducing fire into a fire adapted ecosystem.

Given favorable weather conditions, Deschutes National Forest firefighters on the Sisters Ranger District plan to conduct a prescribed burn on Friday and Saturday, May 4-5. Firefighters will take two days to ignite the 200 acre SAFR 124 unit approximately 3 ½ miles southwest of Sisters along Forest Road 15. This unit is directly north of the Milli Fire scar and 2 miles south of Crossroads subdivision. Burning in this unit is designed to decrease hazardous fuels accumulations within the Wildland Urban Interface near the city of Sisters and surrounding communities and to reduce the risk of high intensity wildfire.

If conditions remain favorable, firefighters on the Deschutes National Forest are planning ignitions south of Bend and east of Sunriver on Thursday and Friday. On Thursday, May 3, firefighters are planning ignitions on the Bon units 6-8 totaling 140 acres located between Highway 97 and Abbot Pit. Bon units 13-14 are located between Abbot Pit and the Powerline Road south of Forest Road 9720 and are also scheduled for ignition on Thursday. On Friday, firefighters are planning to ignite Bon 15 and Lavacast 9 for a total of 69 acres. These units are located in the same area as Bon units 13 and 14.

If conditions remain favorable, fire managers on the Sisters and Crescent Ranger District are planning to ignite prescribed burn on Tuesday, May 1 with ignitions beginning as early as 10:00 a.m. The burn on the Sisters District is scheduled for tomorrow, approximately 2 ½ miles west of Sisters, and ½ mile west of the Tollgate subdivision. The burn unit (SAFR NE 231) is 95 acres and should be completed in one day. Burning in this unit is designed to decrease hazardous fuels accumulations within the Wildland Urban Interface near to the city of Sisters and surrounding communities to reduce the risk of high intensity wildfire as well as improving wildlife habitat.