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Supporters say forming a fire district will keep the region safer and lower insurance premiums.
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Gov. Tina Kotek ended her listening tour of Oregon’s 36 counties Thursday by visiting communities in Lane County impacted by the 2020 Labor Day Wildfires.
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Researchers hope to train students to research wildfires, and help communities plan to be more resilient.
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Western junipers have been steadily expanding across Oregon, depleting water resources in areas that have already been suffering from low rainfall. A proposed bill by Oregon lawmakers aims to change that.
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This past weekend in a forested area outside Eugene, a group of Native American firefighter trainees carried out a prescribed burn. That’s a deliberate and controlled fire, often called a “cultural burn” by Native people as it follows methods practiced by their ancestors. And the tradition is making a comeback.
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As wildfires have burned throughout the Northwest this summer, some forest stands have fared better than others. Managers say that’s thanks, in part, to…
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Eugene City Councilors will consider a ban on the use, and eventual sale of fireworks in parts of the city to mitigate wildfire risk in the South Hills.…
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Update: 8:42 p.m. 8/30/2020.Several fires sparked Sunday about a mile from Mapleton have grown to about 300 acres and are being managed as one wildfire.…
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A conservation group is taking legal action against the Bureau of Land Management for its proposed logging in Thurston Hills near Springfield. On Monday,…
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A fire estimated at ten acres large is currently burning north of Detroit. The U.S. Forest Service categorized it as a Type 3 Fire, and assigned a…
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UPDATE: As of Monday (8/10/2020) morning, the Willamette National Forest campfire restrictions are in effect. Campfires are now banned on the Willamette…
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Crews are responding to six new fires across the Willamette National Forest following Monday’s thunderstorms.Officials planned two aerial reconnaissance…