About 34,600 acres of the Deschutes National Forest will be cut off for at least a year as part of a massive forest restoration project that is scheduled to begin in May near Bend.
Access to the region will be restricted while workers run heavy equipment, carry out planned burns, and remove hazardous debris from the Cabin Butte Vegetation Management Project, which is situated south of Bend. In the project area, bush clearance, mowing, and thinning are anticipated.
