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‘Nothing looks good’ preparing for summer wildfire season
Crews across the U.S. West are lighting controlled burns and taking other steps to prepare for the 2021 fire season that follows the worst one on…
Continue ReadingCrews across the U.S. West are lighting controlled burns and taking other steps to prepare for the 2021 fire season that follows the worst one on…
Continue ReadingCentral Oregon campers, hikers and those who recreate are sure to be out this weekend for Memorial Day amid stellar, even summer-like weather. With…
Continue ReadingThe first holiday getaway of the season is finally here as families and friends look forward to Oregon’s great outdoors. AAA reports that about…
Continue ReadingAs Oregon continues to recover from the historic and destructive 2020 wildfire season, abnormally dry conditions and pre-season fires on the…
Continue ReadingBend firefighters, challenged by steep terrain and difficult access, put out a small brush fire Monday evening in the area of an abandoned homeless…
Continue ReadingScientists say the outlook for the western U.S. fire season is grim, because it’s starting far drier than 2020’s record-breaking fire year.…
Continue ReadingSens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., reintroduced legislation Thursday that they…
Continue ReadingWith parts of Oregon and Washington in a drought that ranks among the driest 10% of years since 1895, it’s more important than ever for campers to…
Continue ReadingStarting this Saturday, residents will be able to dispose of yard debris at one of three transfer stations across Deschutes County for free during…
Continue ReadingNearly 50 acres were part of a prescribed burn on High Desert Museum property south of Bend on…
Continue ReadingEffective Wednesday, May 12, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management is prohibiting the use of fireworks, exploding targets or metallic targets for…
Continue ReadingU.S. officials say they’ll try to stamp out wildfires as quickly as possible this year as severe drought tightens its grip across the West and…
Continue ReadingFire season will begin for The Dalles and Prineville units of Oregon Department of Forestry’s Central Oregon District at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, the…
Continue ReadingThe High Desert Museum and Deschutes National Forest are coordinating to conduct a prescribed burn Friday on the museum’s property. If weather…
Continue ReadingA small, human-caused brush fire in southeast Bend was stopped at about a half-acre Wednesday evening after prompting authorities to put a few nearby…
Continue ReadingDeschutes National Forest fuel specialists will be conducting a prescribed burn on Wednesday three miles south of the Two Rivers community, near…
Continue ReadingOregon fire departments and prevention groups urge everyone to dispose of yard debris, rather than burn it. This year’s warm and dry conditions…
Continue ReadingOn Monday and Tuesday, fire and fuel specialists with the Deschutes National Forest plan to conduct prescribed fire operations adjacent to Bend’s…
Continue ReadingIn observance of Wildfire Awareness Month and in response to an earlier than normal Red Flag Warning issued by the National Weather Service in April,…
Continue ReadingOn Wednesday and Thursday of this week, fuel specialists will conduct prescribed burning operations about seven miles south of Sisters, adjacent to…
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