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1,000-acre prescribed burn planned this week west of Pine Mountain
Beginning Wednesday, fuel specialists with the Deschutes National Forest will conduct prescribed fire operations about five miles west of Pine…
Continue ReadingBeginning Wednesday, fuel specialists with the Deschutes National Forest will conduct prescribed fire operations about five miles west of Pine…
Continue ReadingStrong winds buffeted much of Central Oregon Sunday afternoon, leading to major damage, trees falling on houses, and a burn pile rekindling. and…
Continue ReadingFire lines are holding on the 211-acre Bull Springs Fire northwest of Bend. News Channel 21 talked with an Oregon Department of Forestry…
Continue ReadingHigh winds eased and lines held overnight and Monday morning on the Bull Springs Fire northwest of Bend, which officials now say burned 211 acres and…
Continue ReadingOregon’s Natural and Cultural Resources Recovery Task Force released an interagency status map Wednesday to help the public navigate the status of…
Continue ReadingUnprecedented demand for forest tree seedlings after Oregon’s devastating large wildfires of 2020 are creating difficulties for forest landowners,…
Continue ReadingDeschutes National Forest fuels specialists have canceled plans to conduct a small, 20-acre prescribed fire Wednesday afternoon two miles west of the…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon State University Extension Service Fire Program is collaborating with state and community partners to launch a free webinar series to help…
Continue ReadingFire season is quickly approaching, now is the time for Central Oregonians to plan to reduce their risk by creating defensible space and taking…
Continue ReadingOregon wildfires threatened several communities late last summer, destroyed more than 4,000 homes, filled the air with thick smoke for days and…
Continue ReadingIf conditions remain favorable, firefighters will be burning downed juniper later this week in two units totaling 450 acres on the Crooked River…
Continue ReadingThe BLM is seeking public input on a draft environmental assessment of plans to manage fuels, improve wildlife habitat on public lands by Crooked…
Continue ReadingOregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced $105,600 in settlements Thursday with four hotels and motels due to price gouging during and in the…
Continue ReadingFour Bend-area neighborhoods and two each in the Sisters and Culver areas joined the national Firewise program last year and were among 182…
Continue ReadingA hotel in Roseburg has been fined $31,000 for overcharging dozens of area residents who sought rooms after fleeing a large wildfire in…
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and other federal, state, local and tribal partners have launched the Cleaner Indoor Air During Wildfires…
Continue ReadingThe 2020 wildfires devastated Oregon communities, burning more than a million acres and destroying many…
Continue ReadingMore than 24,000 Oregonians applied for federal disaster assistance after the catastrophic 2020 wildfires and about 57% of them were…
Continue ReadingBeginning Wednesday, firefighters will be burning downed juniper near Willow Creek and around Haystack Reservoir on the Crooked River National…
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development announced Tuesday it is investing $1 million to restore potable water to the rural town of…
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