An Oregon Department of Forestry firefighter fights the Game Hog Creek Fire. Photo: ODF The Game Hog Creek Fire is now estimated to be between 70 and 100 acres. “The main body of the fire appears manageable,” said Oregon Department of Forestry spokesperson Laura Fredrickson, who noted that the information[Read More…]
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Crews working to complete mop up of Game Hog Creek Fire in Tillamook Forest
An Oregon Department of Forestry helicopter stages at the Hornshuh Creek Fire Station in Buxton. Photo: Oregon Department of Forestry What the Oregon Department of Forestry is now calling the Game Hog Creek Fire in the Tillamook State Forest continues to burn at around six acres, though fire crews are[Read More…]
Small wildfire under control in the Tillamook State Forest
Photo from the scene by Kelli Brown and Billy Cloud A small wildfire burning in the Tillamook State Forest is under investigation by authorities who believe it may have been caused by fireworks. Fireworks are not permitted on state forestland, and the region entered fire season on June 22. In[Read More…]
Gov. Brown declares state of emergency over wildfire risk
A six-acre wildfire burned in the Tillamook Forest on April 14, 2020. Photo: ODF Local and state officials are increasingly warning of significant fire danger ahead of the Independence Day weekend, and now Governor Kate Brown has taken the step of declaring a state of emergency for all of Oregon[Read More…]
Keep Oregon Green launches billboard contest, fire season draws near, and more forestry news
Image courtesy ODF Those with artistic skill and a vision for “keeping Oregon free of wildfire” can enter a billboard poster art contest launched June 1 by Keep Oregon Green in honor of their 80th anniversary. “We are excited to celebrate our important milestone by offering this fun opportunity to[Read More…]
ODF seeks to create clarity, rules when closing state forestland
The Gales Creek Overlook in the Tillamook State Forest. File photo: Chas Hundley//Gales Creek Journal The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) initiated its administrative rulemaking process to create a permanent rule for implementing state forest closures, and to update an existing rule to include language clarifying that parking fees are[Read More…]
Wildland firefighters now eligible for vaccine
Forest Grove Fire & Rescue clean hoses used to fight the Powerline Fire and the Fern Hill Road Fire on Tuesday, September 15. Photo: Chas Hundley Oregon’s wildland firefighters became eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, March 29 in Washington County, and that includes many private crews that work in[Read More…]
Forest Grove Fire & Rescue heads to California to battle wildfires
Washington County crews prepare to head to California. Photo: OSFM A Type 6 brush rig and three firefighters from Forest Grove Fire & Rescue have joined a number of Washington County crews along with crews from Clatsop, Linn, Lane, Marion and Yamhill counties to head to California to assist in[Read More…]
Tillamook, Clatsop forests to reopen to public use Friday
An Oregon Department of Forestry fire vehicle near the community of Watts, east of Gales Creek on Tuesday, September 15. Photo: Chas Hundley The Tillamook and Clatsop State Forests are expected to reopen to public use on Friday, September 18 at 1 a.m., according to the Oregon Department of Forestry. [Read More…]
Oregon Department of Forestry extends public forest shutdown through Wednesday
A sign at the Gales Creek Fire Station noting “Extreme” fire danger on Wednesday, September 9, 2020. Photo: Chas Hundley The Oregon Department of Forestry plans to keep all forests under their purview closed to public entry and use through at least Wednesday, September 16. The earliest they could open[Read More…]
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