by Web Editor | Jun 5, 2015 | News, News/PR
The bracken ferns already have come back strong, along with the wild irises and ground-hugging thimbleberries. But all around them are charred stumps and trees so badly scorched by last fall’s wildfire, known as the 36 Pit Fire, that they are dying. The fire,...
by Web Editor | Jul 21, 2014 | News, News/PR
Northwest fire officials declared what essentially amounts to a state of emergency early Friday, calling on national resources to help tapped out crews fighting wildfires in Oregon and Washington. The declaration of a Preparedness Level 5, the top tier, will help...
by Web Editor | Aug 14, 2013 | News, News/PR
Recent rainfall and humidity helped firefighters working on several Oregon wildfires, known as the Douglas Complex fires, Friday and Saturday, and the complex is now 48 percent contained, according to the Oregon Department of Forestry. Some parts of the 44,411-acre...
by Web Editor | Aug 7, 2013 | News, News/PR
The terrain at one Oregon wildfire is so forbidding and the vegetation so dry that veteran firefighters expect it to grow more than fivefold and burn until autumn — unless there’s rain in the meantime. The area of the Big Windy fire centered 25 miles northwest...
by Web Editor | Aug 2, 2013 | News, News/PR
With the five largest fires burning in Douglas and Josephine counties having grown to more than 35,000 acres, southwest Oregon now has the dubious distinction of being the nation’s wildfire hot spot. More than 3,500 firefighters from throughout Oregon and around...