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Redmond Fire & Rescue opens outdoor burning season, urges to check burning status
Redmond Fire & Rescue has opened outdoor burning within the fire district as of…
Continue ReadingRedmond Fire & Rescue has opened outdoor burning within the fire district as of…
Continue ReadingAll recreational fires within Deschutes County Rural Fire Protection District #2 will open at sunrise on Friday morning, officials said Thursday.…
Continue ReadingDue to the recent moisture and cooler daytime and nighttime temperatures, fire officials on the Deschutes and Ochoco national forests, Crooked River…
Continue ReadingA grant of nearly $1 million from the non-profit American Forests will help the Oregon Department of Forestry plant more than 2 million seedlings on…
Continue ReadingMechanical thinning alone can calm the intensity of future wildfires for many years, and prescribed burns lengthen thinning’s effectiveness,…
Continue ReadingSummer has turned to fall, officially, but there’s still plenty of work for firefighters to do on several large wildfires, some of which have been…
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Three public hearings are scheduled this week to gather feedback on the proposed administrative rule defining the…
Continue ReadingAs of last Friday, there have been 1,780 wildfires that have burned 802,415 acres in Oregon this year. Several drought and fire experts from Oregon…
Continue ReadingRegulated-Use Closure restrictions within the Oregon Department of Forestry’s Central Oregon District will ease, beginning at 12:01 a.m. on…
Continue ReadingThe weekend cooldown and rainy weather — up to three inches in places — assisted hundreds of firefighters still battling some large fires around…
Continue ReadingThe KNP Complex Fire in California has reached a “small area” of the Giant Forest in Sequoia National Park, home to some of the world’s largest…
Continue ReadingA property owner burning weeds with a propane torch in southeast Bend was cited Wednesday after sparking a fire that grew to nearly a half-acre in…
Continue ReadingDue to increased moisture and cooling temperatures, fire officials on the Deschutes and Ochoco national forests, Crooked River National Grassland and…
Continue ReadingFire prevention restrictions on industrial forest operations within the Oregon Department of Forestry’s Central Oregon District will be reduced…
Continue ReadingU.S. Forest Service law enforcement officers have a person in custody in connection with four human-caused fires discovered by a resident and…
Continue ReadingNearly 800 firefighters reported a 6% containment figure Sunday night on the nearly week-old Cougar Peak Fire about 15 miles northwest of Lakeview…
Continue ReadingNearly 700 firefighters called to battle the nearly 86,000-acre Cougar Peak Fire northwest of Lakeview welcomed the first significant rainfall in…
Continue ReadingThe Cougar Peak Fire about 15 miles northwest of Lakeview kept growing quickly Thursday until wetting rains slowed its progress early Friday, after…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and Lane Regional Air Protection Agency issued an air quality advisory Thursday for Central, Eastern…
Continue ReadingOregon’s forest-dependent businesses and industries suffered an estimated $5.9 billion in economic losses as a result of the Labor Day wildfires…
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