T7GR Divine Fire Foundation Field Station

The Divine Fire Foundation Field Station (T7GR) is a conservation-oriented wildfire research and residency platform based in Southern Oregon’s Applegate Valley. Founded by T7GR, the station supports applied learning and research in fire-adapted landscapes, with a focus on wildfire resilience, ecological stewardship, and place-based engagement during active fire seasons.

Situated within the Klamath-Siskiyou bioregion and near multiple federally designated wilderness areas—including the Kalmiopsis, Siskiyou, Red Buttes, and Cascade-Siskiyou / Anderson Butte regions—the station provides access to mixed-conifer forests, chaparral systems, serpentine landscapes, and post-fire mosaics characteristic of recurrent wildfire corridors in the region. Its location in the Applegate Valley places it within one of the most mature community-scale wildfire adaptation landscapes in the world, recognized for long-standing Firewise-aligned land stewardship, fuels management, and resident engagement across a fire-prone watershed.

A defining feature of T7GR is its hybrid field-station model combining a permanent base camp with mobile wildfire research deployment. The Jacksonville site functions as a staging, residency, and coordination hub outside peak fire periods, while seasonal field operations mobilize researchers into remote fire-affected environments using expedition trucks, modular infrastructure, and low-impact glamping field camps. This approach enables safe, supported presence in landscapes that are otherwise difficult to access during active fire seasons, including wilderness-adjacent fire perimeters and recently burned terrain.

Current research and learning activities include:

• Field deployment of drone and environmental sensing tools in fire-affected terrain

• Fire ecology and plant community response to burn intensity

• Post-fire landscape assessment and restoration insight

• Wildfire preparedness and resilience strategies for rural and wildland-urban interface landscapes

• Remote field residency and observation during high-risk fire conditions

The Divine Fire Foundation operates as a seasonal wildfire field residency, hosting researchers, practitioners, and conservation professionals in both base-camp and remote expedition settings. This presence-based model emphasizes situated learning, non-intervention, and applied conservation outcomes that inform land stewardship and public understanding of wildfire-adapted systems.