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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
August 11, 2021
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Post wildfire stabilization,
rehabilitation on reservation
From the CTWS Branch
of Natural Resources
Wildfires can cause com-
plex problems. Severe loss
of vegetation, soil erosion, a
decrease in water quality and
even flash flooding can oc-
cur after some wildfires.
After a wildfire is lined and
mopped up there is still a lot
of work to be accomplished.
In 2020 the Lionshead
Fire burned over 96,000
acres on the reser vation.
Crews and heavy equipment
set to work on clean up, re-
pair, stabilization and rehabili-
tation as soon as the flames
died down.
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Suppression repair plan
There are typically two
plans developed as a large
wildfire winds down to help
the burned area recover.
The first plan is the sup-
pression repair plan. This
plan is intended to repair
damage done by the suppres-
sion or firefighting efforts not
from the fire itself.
The goal is to implement
this plan in the first year af-
ter the fire. Much of this
work on the Lionshead Fire
was completed while crews
and other resources were still
assigned to the fire last year.
Crews backhauled the
miles of hose used to mop
up the fire, cleaned up gar-
bage from the summer’s ef-
forts, chipped slash along
roadsides from small trees
and brush cut from the path
of the fire and graded the
roads that were used for
weeks by heavy fire equip-
ment.
The Lionshead Fire sup-
pression repair plan was ap-
proved to spend up to
$864,314 to address the re-
source concerns listed.
Two of the biggest sup-
pression repair efforts are
rehabbing dozer lines and
fixing the roads.
More than 45 miles of
dozer and hand line were
dug to aid in stopping the
fire. These lines need to be
rehabbed after the fire by
hand crews and excavators
by spreading out the soil,
scattering brush over top
and creating water bars to
slow down any water run-
ning over the area.
Gravel is placed in spots
along roads that were im-
pacted by the heavy traffic
during the fire.
The Burned Area
Emergency Response
Plan
The second plan is called
the BAER Plan, which
stands for Burned Area
Emergency Response Plan.
BAER address post-fire
emergency stabilization and
other post-wildfire problems
in order to protect public
safety and prevent further
degradation of natural and
cultural resources.
After a severe fire a team
of professionals, typically
including specialists in soils,
hydrology, wildlife, fisheries,
range, forestry and archae-
ology, rapidly assess the
fire’s effects.
The BAER team per-
forms emergency stabiliza-
tion actions within one year
of wildfire containment.
These actions are in-
tended to stabilize and pre-
vent unacceptable degrada-
tion to natural and cultural
resources, minimize threats
to life or property resulting
from the effects of a fire,
or to repair, replace, or con-
struct physical improve-
ments necessary to prevent
degradation of land or re-
sources.
Funding of $364,193 for
emergency stabilization for
the Lionshead Fire was ap-
proved and is being imple-
mented this year. BAER
Plans also address rehabili-
tation (BAR) efforts, which
signal the beginning of res-
toration efforts.
BAR begins within five
years of a wildfire
containment in
order
to repair or improve fire-
damaged lands that are un-
likely to naturally recover to
management approved con-
ditions.
BAR actions are also
taken as an effort to repair
or replace minor facilities
damaged by fire.
Reforestation work
across the areas most se-
verely burned in the
Lionshead Fire will occur
under BAR. Final approval
for BAR funding is pend-
ing and should be allocated
by October 1 this year.
If you have questions
about ongoing wildfire reha-
bilitation you can contact
Brad Donahue, Assistant
Fire Management Officer -
Fuels, at 541-553-8301; or
Vernon Wolf, Forest Man-
ager, at 541-553-8227.