The start of fall brings cooler temperatures and increasing chances of rain. It also means wildfire season is winding down.
The potential for wildfires remains, even as colder nights and higher humidity make it harder for flames to spread. And while Oregon did not experience the same level of devastation as last year, "we did have a lot, a lot of fire on the western Cascades this year,” said Chris Dunn, a research associate with Oregon State University’s College of Forestry.
“That really shows us that we are still challenged by fire migrating north in the Cascade crest to a much greater extent than we’ve experienced in, say, the last hundred years," he said.
According to the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center, as of Sept. 21, there were still 13 active uncontained wildfires in the Pacific Northwest: Six in Washington and seven in Oregon.
