Teutsch Burn

Late winter and early spring did not offer any good burn windows, but things eventually dried out. Our next burn was on Anderson Creek in Talent, at Tucker Teutsch’s. Tucker is well connected through his local Firewise Community and his organization, FirebrandResiliency Collective, which does amazing work uniting the local community around wildfire resilience. This burn was our most well attended, with almost 60participants! It was also the RVPBA’s steepest unit so far. The slope helped produce very positive fire behavior and fuel consumption despite how green the understory vegetation had become. This burn was attended by members of the Northwest Youth Corps’Community Wildfire Protection Corps, who were immensely helpful and appreciated for their enthusiasm and hard work. After all the mechanical thinning they had completed and the classroom fire training they received, this burn was a chance for them to engage in a live-fire opportunity that we hope will inspire possible career paths!