Forest Service crews complete pile-burning operations beside Highway 97 south of Bend
Firefighters on the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District conducted their last pile-burning operations Friday adjacent to Highway 97 between Lava Butte…
Continue ReadingFirefighters on the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District conducted their last pile-burning operations Friday adjacent to Highway 97 between Lava Butte…
Continue ReadingSens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) introduced on Tuesday the Wildfire…
Continue ReadingSouthern Oregon continues to recover from the devastating wildfires of 2020, and grants are helping residents in the region.…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Legislature will consider a number of recommendations for changes related to the controversial, statewide wildfire risk map during this…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Friday that the US Department of Agriculture is providing over $40 million…
Continue ReadingIf conditions remain favorable early next week, firefighters will begin pile burning on the Crooked River National Grassland in the area of the…
Continue ReadingCORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) — People’s cultural worldviews play a part in how they respond to wildfire risk, and should be taken into account in…
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. is directing $930 million toward reducing wildfire dangers in 10 western states…
Continue ReadingSisters Ranger District fire specialists are conducting brush removal work with Forest Service staff and contractors to mow about 3,300 acres of…
Continue ReadingFirefighters on the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District plan to resume pile burning operations Wednesday adjacent to Highway 97 between Lava Butte north…
Continue Reading The Bureau of Land Management recently transferred a water tender to the Wheeler County Fire and Rescue Rangeland Fire Protection Association and a…
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon State Fire Marshal has opened the application period for a new $18 million grant fund geared toward helping…
Continue ReadingWEED, Calif. (AP) — A lumber company that owns a Northern California wood veneers manufacturing plant linked to a deadly fast-spreading blaze that…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Department of Forestry said Monday it is seeking members for an advisory committee for its new Certified Burn Manager Program, one of many…
Continue ReadingThe Forest Service is burning piles of woody debris, including this week along Highway 97 near Lava Butte, as part of wildfire fuels reduction…
Continue ReadingFirefighters on the Deschutes National Forest’s Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District plan to conduct pile-burning operations this week adjacent to Highway…
Continue ReadingEUGENE, Ore. (KTVZ) — High up in a telecommunications tower on a South Eugene ridge, a climber is barely visible. His bright blue jacket blends in…
Continue ReadingThe Deschutes National Forest as of Tuesday has further reduced the temporary emergency closure area implemented as a result of the Cedar Creek…
Continue ReadingSeveral fires on state and private industrial forestland in Clatsop County, resulting from escaped burn piles and driven by east winds, have resulted…
Continue ReadingFirefighters on the Deschutes National Forest’s Bend-Fort Ranger District plan to start pile burning in areas west of Bend and Sunriver as conditions…
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