TEN - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 31, 2023 Blue Mountains national forests prepare for spring burning L-R: Jacob Finch, Madison Palmer, Daemon Worden, Rylee Palmer and Paul Lindsay enact the climactic ballroom scene of “Enchanted” May 23. -Photo by Andrea Di Salvo Nathaniel, played by Paul Lindsay, tempts Giselle (Madison Palmer) with a poison apple while Robert (Jacob Finch) looks on in astonishment. -Photo by Andrea Di Salvo Madison Palmer as Giselle defends Jacob Finch’s character, Robert, while brothers Paul and John Lindsay (Nathaniel and Pip) gleefully put an end to the evil Queen Narissa, played by Rylee Palmer. -Photo by Andrea Di Salvo National forests in the Blue Mountains are preparing for 2023 prescribed burning. -Contributed photo Fire management offi- cials on the Umatilla, Mal- heur and Wallowa-Whit- man national forests are preparing to implement spring prescribed burning activities to reduce the risk of severe wildfire in the future. Frequent, low-intensity fire is essential for healthy forests and reducing the risk of high intensity wildfire caused by excessive fuel buildup. Prescribed burning is an effective tool for re- moving excessive amounts of brush, shrubs, and trees, while also encouraging the growth of native vegetation. In addition to reducing wildfire risk, prescribed fire also improves overall forest health and resilience to insects and diseases, and enhances habitat for elk, deer and other wildlife. Forest Service prescribed fire programs allow fire to play its natural role on the landscape under controlled conditions. Prescribed burning is also highly dependent on weather conditions, which must be within a narrow criteria window to use pre- scribed fire. Factors such as wind speed and direction, temperatures, relative hu- midity and fuel moistures are all taken into consider- ation prior to implementing a prescribed burn operation. Each prescribed burn represents many years of planning and preparation to ensure burn operations meet prescriptive condi- tions that allow for suc- cessful burns that provide multiple benefits to re- sources. The forest works closely with the Oregon Department of Forestry and Washington Department of Natural Resources in accordance with the state’s smoke management plans to determine when, where and how much is burned on a daily basis. Potential smoke impacts, looking at volume of smoke, direc- tion of spread, and mixing heights, are determined prior to each burn. All burns will be monitored until no heat is found within the unit and fire managers declare the burn out. Prescribed fire informa- tion for the Malheur, Uma- tilla, and Wallowa-Whit- man National Forests is available to the public on a tri-forest online map. The map is labeled and color-coded to show each burn unit’s status: planned, active, or completed. Ad- ditionally, forest users can view other features includ- ing current and past-year burn units, national forest boundaries and state wild- life management bound- aries. 1-Free Dump Pickup your voucher at City Hall starting June 1, 2023. Voucher only good for the month of June. The voucher entitles 1 free 6x6 pickup load with racks @ S. Morrow County Transfer Station. **Free Items: TV’S, Electronics, Couches, Appliances, Lead-Based Paints Items NOT accepted: Hazardous Chemicals, Oil, Tires HEPPNER OREGON The Heppner High School drama club per- formed three showing of its spring play, ‘Enchanted,’ this month, including a by-request encore perfor- mance May 23. “Enchanted” is the tale of a cartoon princess who is tricked by an evil witch into falling into a place where there are no hap- py endings—modern-day Manhattan. With a cast that also includes a fairy-tale prince, evil stepmother, jaded divorce lawyer, devi- ous henchman and a plucky chipmunk, musical hi-jinks ensued as the characters each tried to find their own “happily ever after.” Playing starring roles in the production were seniors Madison Palmer as Giselle, Jacob Finch as Robert, Daemon Worden as Prince Edward, Mylee Quilter as Nancy, Paul Lindsay as Na- thaniel, Brooklyn Wilson as Sam and Adan Guerra in the dual roles of Carl and Clara. Also playing lead roles were underclassmen Rylee Palmer as Queen Narissa, Piper Kelton as Morgan and John Lindsay as Pip. Lending their talents to multiple roles were Au- brey Smith, Nate Ellsworth, Moira Di Salvo, Kelsi Workman, Elijah Quilter, Lincoln Ellsworth, Jo Mc- Masters, Eva Worden, Bec- ca Ellsworth, Lizzie Ginn, Austin Quilter, Samantha Lamb, Mikalie Duncan, Lineya Quilter, Jaicee Cim- miyotti, Hadlie Duncan, Makayla Quilter and Whit- tlie Duncan. 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