Seattle Times: WA must keep commitment to fire prevention on forestland
Opinion piece by Jay McLaughlin (MARS Executive Director) and Darcy Batura (The Nature Conservancy)
Columbia Gorge News: Mt. Adams Prescribed Burn Association hosts prescribed fire workshop
Article about the Mt. Adams PBA’s Learn & Burn workshop hosted May 2024
Columbia Gorge News: Wild About Nature: Native bees, Oregon Spotted Frog highlighted
Article about a presentation given by USFWS staff regarding the Bullfrog Removal Action Team coordinated by MARS.
Columbia Gorge News: Beaver Believers: Wishpush Working Group aims to restore and educate on beaver complexes
Article about the Wishpush Working Group, to which MARS is a member, which helps to protect and rehome beavers for wetland restoration.
Yakima Herald: Community forests help communities flourish
Article interviewing MARS Executive Director, Jay McLaughlin, about community forestry in Washington
Columbia Gorge News: Mt. Adams Resource Stewards hosts inaugural prescribed fire training in the Gorge
Article about MARS’s inaugural Columbia Gorge Prescribed Fire Training Exchange (TREX), hosted in October 2023
Life with Fire Ep. 53—Expanding Prescribed Fire Capacity in Washington State, with Lucas King
Life With Fire Podcast Episode with Lucas King, MARS’ Stewardship Crew Program Manager
USDA: Biden-Harris Administration Invests Nearly $200M from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Reduce Wildfire Risk
Press release about the recent federally-funded Community Wildfire Defense Grant Program. MARS was awarded $5.5M via this program to constructed shaded fuel breaks in our region.
Yakima Herald: New program adds to state's prescribed fire capabilities
Article about the Washington Certified Prescribed Burner program, through which MARS staff member Lucas King became the state’s first Certified Burner.
Life With Fire Ep. 28—Creating Connections Through Community Forests with Jay McLaughlin
Life With Fire Podcast Episode with Jay McLaughlin, MARS’ Executive Director
The Oregonian: When the land's worth more than the trees
Article exploring the economic history of the Glenwood area. Interviews Jay McLaughlin, MARS Executive Director