Image courtesy of Keep Oregon Green OREGON – Smokey Bear’s 75th birthday is this year and Keep Oregon Green, a Salem-based nonprofit whose focus is the prevention of wildfires, and the Oregon DMV are celebrating the landmark with the introduction of a license plate adorned with the federal mascot. Beginning[Read More…]
Wildfire
Fire season begins for all Department of Forestry land in the state of Oregon
Image courtesy ODF OREGON – With the declaration of fire season on July 1 for the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) Northwest Oregon and North Cascade protection districts, the entire state has now entered into official fire season on ODF protected lands. ODF’s Southwest Oregon District was the first of 12[Read More…]
Nearly 1,000 acres have burned on ODF-protected lands in 2019 so far
Forest Grove Fire & Rescue responded to reports of an out-of-control burn pile in Gales Creek on May 5. It turned out to be a false alarm. Photo: Chas Hundley SALEM – The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) issued a warning that the window to safely burn debris has closed until[Read More…]
Gov. Brown declares May ‘wildfire awareness month’
A 2018 fire torched about 25 acres on Timmerman and Shearer Hill Roads in Gales Creek. Photo: Chas Hundley SALEM – Oregon Gov. Kate Brown joined the governors of nine other states in signing a proclamation declaring May 2019 wildfire awareness month. The Department of Forestry said Oregonians were responsible[Read More…]
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