Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced Wednesday that the state of Oregon will receive $422 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in an effort to help communities recover from the extreme damages caused by the 2020 wildfires.
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Fuels specialists on the Crescent Ranger District plan to conduct 3,000 acres of pile burning across the district throughout fall and into winter, if conditions are favorable.
Continue Reading Fuels specialists on the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District plan to conduct about 300 acres of pile burning within the Newberry Caldera. Ignitions are slated to begin Thursday and continue over the next few weeks, as conditions allow.
Continue Reading The Sisters Ranger District plans to conduct pile burning in the Melvin Butte and Black Crater areas. Fuels specialists will ignite 1,024 acres of piles near Melvin Butte, 10 miles southwest of Sisters and 15 miles west of Bend. In addition, they plan to ignite 192 acres of piles northeast of Black Crater, located seven miles west of Sisters.
Continue Reading Fuels specialists on the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District plan to conduct pile burning across the district over the next two days, providing conditions remain favorable.
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Fire season has now ended on all 16 million acres of Oregon forestland protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry, the agency said Saturday.
Continue Reading Fuels specialists on the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District began to ignite piles in several spots on Friday afternoon, with ignitions lasting one day.
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Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Friday that federal grants totaling nearly $19 million will come to Oregon to assist with recovery efforts from last year’s wildfire disasters.
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If conditions remain favorable, fuels specialists on the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District plan to burn an additional 445 acres on Wednesday, about five miles southwest of Pine Mountain. The Sisters Ranger District plans to continue ignitions on the 364 acres located six miles south of Sisters.
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Open burning within the Black Butte Ranch, Cloverdale and Sisters-Camp Sherman fire districts will be allowed beginning Wednesday at daylight, the Sisters Country fire chiefs announced Tuesday.
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If weather conditions remain favorable, fuels specialists on the Ochoco National Forest plan to conduct a 255-acre prescribed burn on the west side of Big Summit Prairie and a 1,236-acre prescribed burn located three miles northeast of Sugar Creek Campground.
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Watts and Jason Hanna, CNN Southern California’s Alisal Fire, which earlier this week closed portions of US Highway 101 and the Union Pacific Railroad west of Santa Barbara, was 50% contained as of Saturday morning, fire officials said. That’s an improvement from Friday morning’s 41%. The fire has burned about 17,200 acres since
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Fire season in the Oregon Department of Forestry’s Central Oregon District will end at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, the agency said Thursday.Â
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If conditions remain favorable, fuels specialists on the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District plan to conduct an 875-acre prescribed burn about 7 miles northwest of the Fort Rock community on Deschutes National Forest lands on Thursday. Ignitions may last up to two days.
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A wildfire that broke out last Thursday on the eastern shore of Little Lava Lake was contained at 14 acres over the weekend, U.S. Forest Service officials said.
Continue ReadingKSBY By Alexandra Meeks and Joe Sutton, CNN The Alisal Fire near Santa Barbara, California, has quickly exploded in size, prompting evacuation orders and warnings. The fire began Monday afternoon near the Alisal Reservoir and now covers approximately 8,000 acres, fire officials said. It was 0% contained as of late Tuesday, according to InciWeb, a
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As of Friday, debris burning is now open in areas outside of the Bend city limits that are served by Bend Fire & Rescue and Deschutes Rural Fire Protection District #2. Â Debris burning inside of the city limits of Bend is permanently banned by city ordinance. Â
Continue Reading Fuels specialists on the Sisters Ranger District plan to continue prescribed burning in the Metolius Basin south of the Metolius Meadows community along Forest Service Road 1419 on Wednesday and Thursday, if conditions remain favorable.
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U.S. Forest Service officials on Tuesday approved a long-lasting fire retardant that could significantly aid in fighting increasingly destructive wildfires.
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According to a new report from Environment Oregon Research & Policy Center, Frontier Group and OSPIRG Foundation, the Portland metro area suffered through 55 days of elevated air pollution in 2020. Eugene experienced 73, and Klamath Falls and Harney County both saw over 100.Â
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