Willamette National Forest rescinds restrictions, reduces fire danger level
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (KTVZ) — Due to recent rainfall and cooler temperatures, the Willamette National Forest is on Wednesday rescinding public use…
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Deschutes National Forest outlines plans for fall prescribed burns, to begin as soon as next week
Deschutes National Forest firefighters plan to implement understory prescribed burn operations across all three ranger districts this fall,…
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The threat of wildfires is rising. So are new artificial intelligence solutions to fight them
Wildfires fueled by climate change have ravaged communities from Maui to the Mediterranean this summer, killing many people, exhausting firefighters…
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New fire burns 3,000 acres on Klamath Marsh Wildlife Refuge, Fremont-Winema Forest; most growth stopped
Cooler weather and rain is helping reduce fire behavior on several large, weeks-old blazes around Oregon, but new blazes continue to emerge,…
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DCSO drops all Petes Lake Fire evacuation levels amid rain, cooldown; C. Oregon’s smoke from the south also relents
Autumn rainfall and cooler temperatures have reduced fire behavior, prompting the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office on Monday to drop all evacuation…
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Bedrock Fire’s Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) Team finds most areas had low soil burn severity
An Emergency Response Team of resource specialists who began field surveys and an assessment of the Bedrock Fire burned areas earlier this month…
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Public use fire restrictions dropped on C.O. public lands; ODF’s C.O. District drops to ‘moderate’ fire danger
With increasingly cooler weather and various levels of precipitation across Central Oregon, the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests, Crooked River…
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Cooler weather on Petes Lake Fire prompts DCSO to reduce Elk, Lava lakes evacuation notice to Level 1 (Be Ready)
Due to moderating weather conditions leading to decreased Petes Lake Fire activity, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office said Friday it is lowering…
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Fall’s cool arrival brings resumption of prescribed burning by BLM’s Prineville District; 3,565 acres in coming months
As fall weather brings shorter days and cooler temperatures, the BLM is preparing for fall and winter prescribed burning. Fuels specialists may begin…
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Cooldown, rain assist firefighters still working to contain blazes on Willamette National Forest
This week’s cooler temperatures and forecast rain in places are welcome signs for the more than 900 firefighters still working to fully contain…
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Day-old Trout Creek Fire 10 miles NE of Madras 25% contained after racing across 1,550 acres
Firefighters on Monday reached 25% containment of the day-old Trout Creek Fire that raced across 1,550 acres of private ranchland about 10 miles…
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Petes Lake Fire grows to over 3,000 acres, DCSO issues Level 2 ‘Be Set’ evacuation notice for Elk, Lava Lakes
The Petes Lake Fire in the Three Sisters Wilderness that more than quadrupled in size in a day to over 2,000 acres Friday saw more growth Saturday…
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Firefighters hold Lookout, other fire containment lines during weekend hot spell but will welcome cooldown’s assist
The Lookout Fire on the Willamette National Forest put up much more smoke again this weekend due to the hot, windy conditions, but containment lines…
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ODF: Target shooting apparently sparked 106-acre fire that prompted evacuations near Lake Billy Chinook
Preliminary findings in the investigation of the August 20 Juniper Creek Fire that prompted Level 3 evacuations west of Lake Billy Chinook indicate…
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‘It will never look like that again’: Firefighters reflect, 20 years since the B&B, Central Oregon’s largest wildfire
– It’s now been 20 years since the B&B Complex Fire — two big fires that merged into a giant one — exploded in the Deschutes National Forest…
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McKenzie Pass Highway reopens west of Sisters as Lookout Fire evacuation levels are reduced
ODOT reopened Oregon Highway 242, the McKenzie Highway, Tuesday morning following reductions in Lookout Fire evacuation levels. A 15-mile stretch…
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Cascade Lakes Highway reopens with pilot car escort after closure for work on shaded fuel break
The Cascade Lakes Highway reopened Saturday with a pilot car escort between Elk and Lava lakes after a closure for several days so crews on the Petes…
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SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (KTVZ) — Due to recent precipitation and moderating conditions, the Willamette National Forest announced Thursday it is…
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‘This is a time for all of us to step up’: Fire lookout shares importance of job at tallest fire tower in C.O.
The Bald Mountain Fire Lookout is the tallest lookout tower on the Fremont-Winema Forest. Ron Rommel has been staffing the tower since…
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Evacuation levels reduced near 700-acre fire in Hermiston; mop-up underway on hot spots
The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office on Monday dropped Level 3 “Go Now” evacuation orders near the Bensel Fire that broke out Sunday in Hermiston,…
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