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Join us in celebrating the South Mount Adams Region.  This diverse region in the shadow of Mt. Adams is rich in wildlife, plants, scenery, and culture.  Help MARS by sending in your best photos highlighting the beauty, diversity, and traditions of this unique and special place. Entries are due by September 9th, 2022. Cash prizes! Click on the link for additional information and rules. Photo credit: Dave Ryan

By Dave Ryan As the Monitoring and Outreach Coordinator for Mt. Adams Resource Stewards (MARS), I was recently revisiting some plots in the Pine Flats section of the Mt. Adams Community Forest.  These particular stands consist almost entirely of uneven-aged ponderosa pine.  MARS conducted a variable density thin on these stands in the summer of 2017.  A prescribed burn was conducted in the spring of 2018. These actions were taken to reduce overstocking, increase stand health, reduce fire hazard risk,

MARS Stewardship Crew Lead, Lucas King, recently turned some of his colleagues with the organization onto a great podcast, Life With Fire, created and hosted by Amanda Monthei. A quick scan of past episodes shows the breadth of Amanda’s work relative to wildfire and prescribed fire-related topics. They are all well worth listening to! Lucas then connected Amanda with MARS Director, Jay McLaughlin, to share the story of Mt. Adams Resource Stewards’ work around community forests, the stewardship crew, efforts