CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) — People’s cultural worldviews play a part in how they respond to wildfire risk, and should be taken into account in…
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By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. is directing $930 million toward reducing wildfire dangers in 10 western states…
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Sisters Ranger District fire specialists are conducting brush removal work with Forest Service staff and contractors to mow about 3,300 acres of…
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Firefighters on the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District plan to resume pile burning operations Wednesday adjacent to Highway 97 between Lava Butte north…
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 The Bureau of Land Management recently transferred a water tender to the Wheeler County Fire and Rescue Rangeland Fire Protection Association and a…
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon State Fire Marshal has opened the application period for a new $18 million grant fund geared toward helping…
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WEED, Calif. (AP) — A lumber company that owns a Northern California wood veneers manufacturing plant linked to a deadly fast-spreading blaze that…
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The Oregon Department of Forestry said Monday it is seeking members for an advisory committee for its new Certified Burn Manager Program, one of many…
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The Forest Service is burning piles of woody debris, including this week along Highway 97 near Lava Butte, as part of wildfire fuels reduction…
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Firefighters on the Deschutes National Forest’s Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District plan to conduct pile-burning operations this week adjacent to Highway…
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EUGENE, Ore. (KTVZ) — High up in a telecommunications tower on a South Eugene ridge, a climber is barely visible. His bright blue jacket blends in…
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The Deschutes National Forest as of Tuesday has further reduced the temporary emergency closure area implemented as a result of the Cedar Creek…
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Several fires on state and private industrial forestland in Clatsop County, resulting from escaped burn piles and driven by east winds, have resulted…
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Firefighters on the Deschutes National Forest’s Bend-Fort Ranger District plan to start pile burning in areas west of Bend and Sunriver as conditions…
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 If weather conditions are favorable, the Bureau of Land Management’s Prineville District plans to burn 13 piles of logging slash in the Outback…
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The Prineville District, Bureau of Land Management has begun thinning work on 622 acres of juniper in the Steelhead Falls Hazardous Fuels Reduction…
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Firefighters on the Deschutes National Forest’s Crescent Ranger District plan to start pile-burning as conditions are favorable, officials said…
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OAKRIDGE, Ore. (KTVZ) — The 127,311-acre Cedar Creek Fire reached 70% containment Tuesday, three months to the day after lightning sparked the blaze…
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With the recent fall weather and precipitation received in areas, local fire departments, the US Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management and…
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With widespread rain and cooler temperatures across the state, all Oregon Department of Forestry districts will be out of fire season as of Saturday,…
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