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Archive Home > 2009 > June > 08 > To keep houses safe, Joe Stutler has worked from the ground up

To keep houses safe, Joe Stutler has worked from the ground up

Now in his 41st fire season, Stutler has helped expand wildfire preparedness in the county

By Hillary Borrud / The Bulletin
June 8, 2009

As Deschutes County’s first forester, Joe Stutler had little more than an office when he started the job five years ago.

“I think what was unique about this job is on June 1, 2004, there was one file, one map, no program, no nothing,” said Stutler, 59. Instead, the....

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