Sisters Ranger District to continue pile burning operations this week
SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Firefighters on the Sisters Ranger District will continue pile burning as favorable conditions exist this week, the Forest…
Continue ReadingSISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Firefighters on the Sisters Ranger District will continue pile burning as favorable conditions exist this week, the Forest…
Continue Reading SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The state Wildfire Recovery and Resilience Account program supported hundreds of wildfire-affected households to find…
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Though fire season has subsided in Oregon, other parts of the country are strained for resources as they hit their peak. In…
Continue ReadingWildfires and drought have led to $11.2 billion in damages to privately held timberland in California, Oregon and Washington over the past two…
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — A vegetation fire in California’s Riverside County exploded in size as it was stoked by hot and dry Santa Ana winds,…
Continue ReadingPRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — With cooler and wetter weather arriving this week on the Ochoco National Forest, firefighters began pile burning Monday…
Continue ReadingWith temperatures cooling and widespread rain soaking the state, all Oregon Department of Forestry protection districts have terminated fire season…
Continue ReadingBEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Firefighters on the Bend-Fort Rock District plan to return to the Flank Project Area about 11 miles southeast of Bend for more…
Continue ReadingFirefighters across the Deschutes National Forest plan to begin pile burning as favorable conditions exist, officials said Monday.…
Continue ReadingThe cooler, rainy fall weather has helped firefighters completing work on the five fires fought for over the past two-plus months on the Willamette…
Continue ReadingThanks to cooler temperatures and significant rainfall, fire season ended Monday for the Oregon Department of Forestry’s Central Oregon District.…
Continue ReadingFirefighters completed a three-day, 984-acre prescribed burn Saturday about 11 miles southeast of Bend, U.S. Forest Service officials…
Continue ReadingMore heavy rain fell Tuesday on or near the fires in the Willamette National Forest, allowing fire managers and crews to focus on efforts to repair…
Continue ReadingThe Sisters Ranger District’s 350-acre prescribed burn planned for Tuesday four miles northwest of Sisters adjacent to the eastern side of Highway…
Continue ReadingBEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — With the recent cooling weather, local fire departments, the US Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and Oregon…
Continue ReadingThe Lookout Fire closure area was reduced Friday due to cooler, wetter weather and successful firefighting and suppression repair efforts, reopening…
Continue ReadingTwo days of significant rainfall have aided efforts to shift work on five Willamette National Forest wildfires from suppression to repair on the…
Continue ReadingSPRINGFIELD, Ore. (KTVZ) — Due to recent rainfall and cooler temperatures, the Willamette National Forest is on Wednesday rescinding public use…
Continue ReadingDeschutes National Forest firefighters plan to implement understory prescribed burn operations across all three ranger districts this fall,…
Continue ReadingWildfires fueled by climate change have ravaged communities from Maui to the Mediterranean this summer, killing many people, exhausting firefighters…
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