OSU study: Most wildfires hitting communities start on private, not USFS lands
Research led by Oregon State University shows that wildfires are more likely to burn their way into national forests than out of them.
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SW Bend homeowner worries about traffic gridlock if future wildfire sparks major evacuation
A southwest Bend homeowner who lived through one of the most destructive wildfires in area history over 30 years ago is still worried about traffic gridlock during an emergency. He wants Deschutes County to update its plans now, for future evacuations.
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Redmond’s PatRick Environmental receives 5-year, $160 million federal firefighting contract
Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., on Thursday welcomed news that the U.S. Forest Service is awarding contracts to eight Oregon companies in Merlin, Redmond, Salem, Ashland, Philomath, Merrill, Sutherlin and Independence to provide crews to fight wildland fires.
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Forest Service plans 67-acre prescribed burn Thursday SW of Sisters
Favorable conditions exist for Sisters Ranger District firefighters to conduct a 67-acre understory prescribed burn about 2 1/2 miles southeast of Sisters, adjacent to Forest Service Road 4606, the U.S. Forest Service said Tuesday.
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Prescribed burn of downed juniper planned on Crooked River National Grassland NNW of Prineville
If conditions remain favorable, firefighters will be igniting a prescribed burn in downed juniper Tuesday on the Crooked River National Grassland north-northwest of Prineville, near Ramms Road and Jefferson County Road 782 and SE Grizzly Road (C Street).
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OSU report: Since 2020 wildfires, Santiam Canyon residents burned out by trauma, red tape
More than a year after wildfires devastated Oregon’s Santiam Canyon, an Oregon State University report paints a challenging picture: Residents are struggling to find housing, wrestling with government bureaucracy and worried about toxins in the water, air and soil, all while burdened by the trauma of losing their homes.
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Sisters Ranger District set to resume pile burning this week, continue rest of winter
Sisters Ranger District fire management specialists will resume pile burning near Suttle Lake and the Three Creek Lake areas this week.
Continue Reading 13-acre prescribed burn planned Tuesday along Cascade Lakes Highway
If conditions are favorable, fire management specialists on the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District will conduct prescribed fire operations Tuesday on 13 acres west of Bend, along the Cascade Lakes Highway.
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Forest Service resumes pile burning work off Skyliners Road west of Bend
The Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District on the Deschutes National Forest resumed wintertime pile burning west of Bend on Tuesday, continuing through the week, if conditions stay favorable.
Continue ReadingNo deaths have been reported in the ferocious Colorado wildfire. It may be a ‘New Year’s miracle,’ governor says
By Dakin Andone and Christina Maxouris, CNN No deaths have been reported as a result of a swift and vicious wildfire that consumed at least 500 homes in Boulder County, Colorado, and forced some 35,000 people to flee, authorities said Friday. “We might have our very own New Year’s miracle on our hands if it
Continue ReadingHundreds of Colorado homes lost and tens of thousands of residents told to evacuate due to fast-growing wildfires
By Raja Razek, Steve Almasy and Caroll Alvarado, CNN Hundreds of homes have been lost after two wildfires started and grew quickly Thursday as high winds whipped through the Front Range in Colorado, forcing tens of thousands of residents from their homes, the Boulder County sheriff said. Sheriff Joe Pelle estimated 580 homes or other
Continue ReadingColorado wildfires burn hundreds of homes, force evacuations
By PATTY NIEBERG Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Hundreds of homes, a hotel and a shopping center have burned and tens of thousands of people have been evacuated in wildfires outside Denver. At least one first responder and six others have been injured in the fires, which came unusually late in the year.
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Dark Horse Comics releases comic book on Northwest wildfire prevention, preparation
The Oregon Office of Emergency Management and Dark Horse Comics have released a new comic book titled, Without Warning! Wildfire. Addressing what to do before and during a Northwest wildfire, the comic is third in a series of educational and entertaining comic books promoting emergency preparedness.
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Pile burning planned at Shevlin Park, south of La Pine by Hwy. 31
With cool temperatures in place, Bend Park and Recreation District crews will be conducting small pile-burning operations in Shevlin Park between Wednesday and Dec. 15. The park remains open. The pile burning area is south of Shevlin Park Road, between the Aspen Bridge and Larch Bridge, and is signed.
Continue Reading Pile burning planned on 126 acres northeast of Tumalo Falls this week
Fuels specialists on the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District plan to ignite 126 acres of hand piles and 131 acres of machine-made piles northeast of Tumalo Falls, adjacent to Forest Service Road 4601 this week.
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Sisters Ranger District continues pile burning through the week
Sisters Ranger District fuels specialists plan to conduct eight acres of landing pile burning operations along Forest Service Road 12, located 15 miles northwest of Sisters. Ignitions are slated to begin Tuesday and last through Friday, if conditions remain favorable.
Continue Reading 120 acres of pile burning planned Monday by southern area of Suttle Lake
Sisters Ranger District fuels specialists plan to conduct 120 acres of pile burning Monday adjacent to the southern portion of Suttle Lake, located 15 miles northwest of the town of Sisters.
Continue Reading Forest Service to conduct pile burning Wednesday along Highway 97 south of Bend
Fuels specialists on the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District plan to conduct 44 acres of pile burning adjacent to both sides of the Highway 97 corridor between Lava Lands Visitor Center and just south of Vandevert Road. Ignitions will begin around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday and should be completed within the day, officials said.
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Prineville BLM begins fall/winter prescribed burns across the region
As fall weather brings shorter days and cooler temperatures, fuels specialists with the Bureau of Land Management Prineville District Office are starting the fall/winter prescribed burn program.
Continue Reading Wyden, Merkley introduce bills to reform FEMA’s wildfire disaster response
Following another season of record-breaking wildfires in the West, Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., joined colleagues Thursday on two bills to redesign the federal government’s response to wildfires and provide additional resources to ensure equity for communities experiencing natural disasters.
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