Oregon

Firewise communities gather to share notes

HURRICANE CREEK GRANGE, Ore. — Wallowa County is fast becoming wise to mitigating the risk of wildfires, as ...

Oregon

Fighting wildfires: How are decisions made when fires erupt?

When it comes to putting out wildfires in the Pacific Northwest, collaboration is key and agencies are increasingly ...

Oregon

Wildfire dispatchers are behind the scenes but critical for protecting communities

REDMOND, Ore. — There’s a war room on the outskirts of Redmond. Colorful maps stretch from floor to ...

Oregon

Forest plan revision prompts hundreds of public comments

More than 750 people sent letters last spring to the U.S. Forest Service with comments about the agency’s ...

Nation

Northwest leaders try again for more federal money for prescribed burns

The practice of strategically starting low-intensity fires across forests to improve soil and ecosystem health and prevent catastrophic ...

Oregon

S. Oregon logging halted while thinning, prescribed burning negotiated

Negotiations will continue over prescribed burning and small-diameter thinning while commercial logging is halted under a Southern Oregon ...

Oregon

Sheriff, Forest Service react to dismissal of burn boss case

PENDLETON, Ore. — Criminal charges have been dismissed against Ricky Snodgrass, the U.S. Forest Service employee who was ...

Timber

Judge rejects U.S. government liability for $47 million Washington ranch fire (copy)

Regardless of the ignition source, the U.S. government isn’t liable for a fire that caused $47 million in ...

Timber

Judge rejects U.S. government liability for $47 million Washington ranch fire

Regardless of the ignition source, the U.S. government isn’t liable for a fire that caused $47 million in ...

Oregon

Reckless burning charge against federal burn boss dismissed

PENDLETON, Ore. — Criminal charges have been dismissed in the case against a U.S. Forest Service employee charged ...

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