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The previously unmapped aquifer is estimated to be more than three times the size of the Lake Mead reservoir in Nevada.
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The U.S. Forest Service is looking for new wildland firefighters in Oregon and Washington.
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Fire officials say the rains over the weekend have helped them make progress on Oregon’s forest fires, reducing heat and dampening potential fuels.
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The U.S. Forest Service is warning that hundreds of thousands of acres of forestlands across the Pacific Northwest are burning under record-breaking dry conditions this summer, without much relief in sight.
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Thanks to recovery efforts in the Willamette Valley, a prairie flower is being removed from the federal endangered species list.
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Teams of forest specialists are surveying areas affected by the Bedrock Fire east of Eugene, in order to assess risks to people and the environment.
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Expanded monitoring in Oregon’s Siuslaw National Forest would protect the health of two scenic tributaries.
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The Lionshead Fire burning on the Warm Springs Reservation has grown to 14,967 acres, prompting the U.S. Forest Service to close a large portion of the…
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Oregon Democratic Senator Ron Wyden has given a week’s notice to a federal forest official, to better explain how firefighters and rural communities will…
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When Native Americans ceded their lands during the treaty era, much of it was forest. Today, many tribes – including those in Oregon – are not only…
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Climate change has created hotter and drier conditions, which in turn have made wildfires larger and more intense. As KLCC’s Brian Bull reports, a new…
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Air attacks on the Terwilliger Fire burning east and west of the Cougar Reservoir were suspended Sunday after an unmanned aircraft system, or “drone”, was…