What Lies Beneath: Adventures in the Root Zone of Glenwood’s Forests
What’s happening beneath the forest floor? MARS is working alongside WA DNR forest pathologists to better understand Heterobasidion root disease and what it means for the health and management of Glenwood’s forests.
A Busy Spring for Fire Adapted Communities
See how Trout Lake and Glenwood residents are preparing for wildfire through defensible space, home hardening, chipping programs, and other community resources supported by MARS and local partners.
From black to green: Monitoring MARS’ prescribed burn units
MARS Prescribed Fire Coordinator Emery Cowan shares examples of pre- and post-fire monitoring at 3 units burned during the fall of 2025.
MARS Stewardship Dashboard is live!
Check out our new interactive map to explore MARS’s impact on the Mt. Adams landscape.
MARS helps build Klickitat Wildfire Resource Hub
MARS helped build a new county-wide website to connect residents to wildfire information, resources, and programs.
Taking Action Before a High-Risk Wildfire Season
An update on the wildfire mitigation efforts underway this spring, led by our Fire & Fuels Program staff.
Monitoring Report: Hydnellum peckii, a mesmerizing mushroom
MARS Monitoring Coordinator Dave Ryan describes a fascinating find during his field work on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest.
MARS Monitoring Report October 2024: Great Horned Owl
Knock knock. Who-hoo-oo-oo’s there? A Great Horned Owl (GHOW), Bubo virginianus.
Fuel breaks funded by the Community Wildfire Defense Grant are underway
MARS was recently awarded grant funding from the Forest Service through the Community Wildfire Defense Grant program to help establish a series of shaded fuel breaks throughout Klickitat County. This grant will fund fuel break projects over the next five years.
The Journey of a Thousand Miles
Just as the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, the journey to a healthy and resilient landscape begins with a single acre. In a time when land ownership is converted and fragmented at rapid rates, forest lands give way to an ever expanding wildland urban interface and once contiguous landscapes spanning thousands of acres are subdivided into small forest ownerships and non-industrial forest parcels.
MARS Monitoring Report: Bobcats (Lynx rufus)
While on a bit of a walkabout in Glenwood, we encountered this handsome being. Although I am not certain, my guess is that this is a female bobcat based on its size. Bobcats are moderately common, although not commonly seen, in this region. IUCN Red List categorizes them as a species of Least Concern, which is not to say that we should not respect and care for their well-being, but their populations are stable.