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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

A Note from Executive Director, Jay McLaughlin We recognize it has been a challenging year for many. While we certainly have had our difficulties, for Mt. Adams Resource Stewards our list of gratitudes for 2020 is full. Linked here is our latest newsletter, full of updates, imagery and reflections from a few of our staff. Leading my list of things I’m counting blessings on: with a staff that swelled to sixteen (!) – doubling the number of employees from 2019