The Land Trust plans to conduct pile burning at Aspen Hollow Preserve near Sisters and Priday Ranch near Madras. Pile burning will start in early January 2024. It is the next step in our ongoing forest restoration efforts to help reduce wildfire danger at our Preserves and for our neighbors, while also helping mimic historic forest conditions and improving habitat for wildlife. The burn piles consist primarily of small diameter juniper and pine that was thinned this past spring and summer.

Aspen Hollow Preserve and Priday Ranch will remain closed to visitors during the burning.

The pile burning is weather dependent and will be completed in consultation with the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) and in compliance with ODF’s smoke management plan. The contractor will postpone burning if weather conditions are unfavorable. Stay tuned for more details once we have a good burn window!

Learn more:

• Pile Burning 101
• East Cascade Dry Forests and their historic conditions