SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) – On Wednesday, Sisters Ranger District firefighters plan to conduct up to 28 acres of prescribed burning on Sisters Area Fuels Reduction (SAFR) Unit 64 about three miles south of Sisters adjacent to Three Creek Lake Road (Forest Service Road 16), at the junction of Forest Service Road 16 and Forest Service
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The Lookout Mountain Ranger District’s nearly 900-acre prescribed burn planned for Tuesday 15 miles northeast of Prineville, adjacent to Forest Service Road 27, has been cancelled due to precipitation over the prescribed burn area, officials said Monday.
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SUNRIVER, Ore. (KTVZ) — For the next several days, Central Oregon Fire Management Service is once again partnering with structural firefighting departments around the region to provide an immersive scenario-based wildland firefighting program designed to increase firefighters’ understanding of wildland firefighting suppression tactics, mutual aid and the dynamics of interagency response in an emerging wildfire
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Two prescribed burns are continuing for a second day Wednesday on the Bend-Fort Rock and Sisters ranger districts, Deschutes National Forest officials said.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Prescribed burn season is starting up again on the High Desert. The Deschutes National Forest is planning more than ever before, up to 11,000 acres. “Prescribed burning is a critical tool that the forest uses,” Jaimie Olle, the forest’s public affairs specialist, said Tuesday. “We live in a fire-dependent ecosystem that
Continue Reading BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes National Forest announced Monday that its firefighters plan to start spring prescribed burning season in mid-April, as conditions become favorable, and offered details of those plans. The forest said in a news release that it may accomplish up to an estimated 11,000 acres of prescribed burning, including up to
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SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Firefighters on the Sisters Ranger District will continue pile burning as favorable conditions exist this week, the Forest Service said Monday. Starting as soon as Tuesday, firefighters will ignite piles in the following locations: Northwest of Sisters between Black Butte Ranch and Tollgate along Mainline RoadWest of Sisters along Forest Service
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The state Wildfire Recovery and Resilience Account program supported hundreds of wildfire-affected households to find temporary housing or to recover fully from the massive devastation of the 2020 Labor Day Wildfires and Straight-line Winds, according to a new report published by Oregon Housing and Community Services. OHCS said used $35.3 million of
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Though fire season has subsided in Oregon, other parts of the country are strained for resources as they hit their peak. In the last week, the Oregon Department of Forestry has sent 68 firefighters to Kentucky and 10 firefighters to North Carolina, to assist in their fire suppression efforts. ODF said
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Wildfires and drought have led to $11.2 billion in damages to privately held timberland in California, Oregon and Washington over the past two decades, a new Oregon State University study found.
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — A vegetation fire in California’s Riverside County exploded in size as it was stoked by hot and dry Santa Ana winds, scorching multiple structures and forcing thousands of people to flee their homes. When the fire – dubbed the Highland Fire – was first reported Monday at 12:37 p.m.
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — With cooler and wetter weather arriving this week on the Ochoco National Forest, firefighters began pile burning Monday and will continue burning throughout the week. Firefighters started in the McKay area near Forest Road 4260 and continue burning piles on various units as conditions allow. There are approximately 5,100 acres of
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With temperatures cooling and widespread rain soaking the state, all Oregon Department of Forestry protection districts have terminated fire season restrictions, marking the end of the 2023 Oregon fire season declarations.
Continue Reading BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Firefighters on the Bend-Fort Rock District plan to return to the Flank Project Area about 11 miles southeast of Bend for more prescribed burn operations on Thursday, if conditions are favorable. The Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District plans to continue prescribed burning of up to 250 acres about four miles northwest of
Continue Reading Firefighters across the Deschutes National Forest plan to begin pile burning as favorable conditions exist, officials said Monday.
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The cooler, rainy fall weather has helped firefighters completing work on the five fires fought for over the past two-plus months on the Willamette National Forest, and a departing incident management team is thanking partner agencies and neighbors for their support over that time.
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Thanks to cooler temperatures and significant rainfall, fire season ended Monday for the Oregon Department of Forestry’s Central Oregon District. This termination of fire season applies to all state-protected lands in the district.
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Firefighters completed a three-day, 984-acre prescribed burn Saturday about 11 miles southeast of Bend, U.S. Forest Service officials said.
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More heavy rain fell Tuesday on or near the fires in the Willamette National Forest, allowing fire managers and crews to focus on efforts to repair the scarred landscape and conduct erosion control efforts so fall rains and snow don’t cause more problems.
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The Sisters Ranger District’s 350-acre prescribed burn planned for Tuesday four miles northwest of Sisters adjacent to the eastern side of Highway 20 has been canceled due to heavy rainfall over the prescribed burn area, Forest Service officials said late Monday.
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