COLLABORATIVE VISION STATEMENT:

The LAKEVIEW stewardship unit   located east of the Cascades offers expansive views, dramatic cliffs and solitude. Ponderosa pine forests and woodlands are the most extensive plant community in the Stewardship Unit. The extensive stands of ponderosa and lodgepole pine grow on deep pumice and ash that blanketed the area after the eruption of Mt. Mazama nearly 7,000 years ago. Shrubs provide an important habitat for nesting birds, and wildlife forage for mule deer and elk. Historically, natural wildfires were frequent within the ponderosa pine forests of this area. Although mature ponderosa pines are resistant to low-intensity fires, young pines and other species such as the true firs usually did not survive the flames. Therefore, ponderosa pine forests tended to occur in pure, even-aged stands of widely spaced trees under the natural fire regime.