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Fires are a natural part of the Deschutes forest ecosystem. Today, the challenge is for the people who live close to the forest to find a way to live with fire.

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00:00Ponderosa pines protect themselves from fire by growing a thick bark that insulates the inner living layers of the tree from the heat of the fire.
00:14Lodgepole pines have a waxy coating on their cones that opens when hot, scattering its seeds.
00:23So these trees don't just survive fire, they need fire to thrive.
00:29So I suppose in a way the term fire forest has a similarity to rainforest, a forest that is adapted to heavy, heavy rains all the time.
00:39We talk about these forests that have adapted over thousands of years to a frequent fire interval.
00:48We get a lot of lightning strikes here in the summer and as you can tell it's a little bit dry.
00:52And the trees and all the plants and the wildlife adapted to that.
00:56Fires are a natural part of the Deschutes forest ecosystem.
01:03But for decades fires have been suppressed.
01:07Today the challenge is for the people who live close to the forest to find a way to live with fire.
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