Reforestation project examined 23 years later

By Niki Sullivan / The Bulletin
September 21, 2003

On July 24, 1979, the Bridge Creek Fire ripped through the forest west of Bend, burning 4,300 acres of private and public land.

The following year, two neighbors who owned parcels there harvested salvageable trees in the burned area and began reforestation efforts. They also engaged in....

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