UDRC

The UDRC was created in 2003 to enable communities and neighborhoods along the Upper Deschutes River to work together to resolve natural resource issues in this sensitive, fire-prone area. With 26 individual neighborhoods dispersed among four rivers and a rich forestland, the UDRC provides one collective voice to accomplish more than one neighborhood could achieve alone... UDRC neighborhoods are thick with lodgepole and ponderosa pine and a heavy undergrowth of bitterbrush and Manzanita. These overgrown conditions allow for high intensity, catastrophic fires that can destroy neighborhoods, wildlife habitat, river banks and the forest itself. Our goal is to reduce the risk and preserve the health of our forest by reducing hazardous vegetation to promote a more fire-resistant forest and protect neighborhoods and wildlife... Caldera Springs, Crosswater, DRRH 6 (pending), Fall River Estates, Oregon Water Wonderland I, River Forest Acres, River Meadows, Spring River, and Wildriver are..

Also known as: Upper Deschutes River Communities, Uppers Deschutes River Communities

Primary location: Sunriver United States