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Rare early use restrictions taking effect on C.O. public lands
Public land use restrictions going into effect Friday on Central Oregon’s public lands mark only the fourth time that’s happened in…
Continue ReadingPublic land use restrictions going into effect Friday on Central Oregon’s public lands mark only the fourth time that’s happened in…
Continue ReadingThe Office of Oregon State Fire Marshal has sent fire crews from elsewhere in the state to Central Oregon to serve as backup due to the high wildfire…
Continue ReadingWith hundreds of lightning strikes rolling through Central Oregon over the last couple of days, sleeper fires are now a concern for crews in the…
Continue ReadingFire season can bring in outside task forces to help protect homes, but all year long, mutual aid among Central Oregon fire agencies is…
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management and the Oregon Department of Forestry announced seasonal closures and limited-use regulations…
Continue ReadingThe 1,150-acre Cutoff Fire north of Bonanza reached 23% containment Tuesday, but a survey team found that two homes and 20 outbuildings were…
Continue ReadingA suspicious brush fire that burned about 45 acres on a hillside near a fish hatchery on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation Monday night is being…
Continue ReadingThunderstorms rumbled and flashed their way through the High Desert Monday evening, sparking over a dozen new wildfires that crews rushed to catch…
Continue ReadingMt Bachelor? Blocked. The Three Sisters? Shrouded. Mount Jefferson? Hard to…
Continue ReadingOregon State University held an online wildfire and drought forum Monday on what Oregon can expect as this fire season hits full…
Continue ReadingA wildfire on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation southeast of Mount Hood grew to about 6,200 acres Sunday, also bringing hazy skies to Central…
Continue ReadingA new wildfire broke out south of Chiloquin Monday afternoon, threatening structures and prompting Level 3 evacuation orders and two road closures,…
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 10, in coordination with the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation, has issued a ban on…
Continue ReadingThree unoccupied RVs were destroyed by separate fires at dispersed campsites on BLM lands near La Pine on Sunday, spreading to nearby wildland, and…
Continue ReadingHuman-caused wildfire ignitions in Central Oregon are expected to remain steady over the next four decades and lightning-caused ignitions are…
Continue ReadingSen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., sounded the alarm during Thursday’s Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on the U.S. Forest Service…
Continue ReadingCentral Oregon Fire Info, a group of local agencies that shares information about prescribed fire, smoke and public health, is seeking community…
Continue ReadingTuesday’s rainfall prompts cancellation of live-fire training for new firefighters south of…
Continue ReadingFirefighters are gearing up for another busy wildfire season in Central Oregon and across the West. And as always, there’s a lot that goes on behind…
Continue ReadingAs recovery work continues from last year’s record fire season, federal land managers and fire, fuels and aviation officials in the Pacific…
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