Mt. Adams PBA burn

​Join the Mt. Adams PBA for our first burn of spring! We'll be burning up to 15 acres of ponderosa pine and mixed conifer on a private property west of Goldendale. We'll need up to 10-15 volunteers to help with various tasks on the burn.

​Who:

​Anyone is welcome! You do not need to have any prescribed fire qualifications or official training to come out to this burn.

​What to expect:

​We will begin the day with a brief introduction to the basics of carrying out a prescribed burn. Participants should then expect to be assigned to either an observational role or a role on the fire based on people’s experience levels and day-of burn conditions. Those roles could include helping light the interior of the burn unit or being part of the holding team, which often helps create blackline around the edges of the unit and/or monitors the unit boundary. Then we will all work on burn mop up, to create a buffer of no heat or smoke at the edges of the the burn units.

​What to bring:

​Food will be provided by the landowner at the end of our day; please bring adequate food and water (2-3 quarts at least) to last you through burning and mop up, which could continue until mid-afternoon.

​Nomex/fire-resistant clothing will not be required. Participants should wear a non-synthetic shirt (cotton and wool work great), non-synthetic pants (thicker is good, jeans ok), and leather boots, preferably not with a steel toe. We also require leather gloves, a helmet, and eye protection and can loan out any of those three items if you need to borrow them (just tell us what you need in the questions below!)

​Driving/parking instructions:

​Take Garrison Rd off Hwy 142. Garrison is right at mile marker 23. Follow Garrison to Thompson (about 3 miles). At Thompson the pavement ends. Turn left onto Thompson. Stay on Thompson about 1/4 mile and turn left on Sealy Dr. A few hundred yards later turn right on Bronco Way and follow to the end—about a mile. Turn right on Bowman Ridge and follow the road about 100 yards until you see the address 65 (our burn site). Park on the side of Bowman Ridge Rd near where you see the house address (65 Bowman Ridge Rd).

​For more information:

​Contact MARS Prescribed Fire Coordinator Emery Cowan [email protected] or 303-931-9332