ASHLAND, Ore. – Smoke from controlled burns may be visible in the Ashland area Tuesday. The Ashland Forest Resiliency Stewardship Project said its first controlled burn of the season is being conducted on November 29 near the junction of Corp ...
ASHLAND, Ore. – This week, the Lomakatsi Restoration Project kicked off its 10th Annual Ashland Watershed Youth Program. After a competitive application process, 15 juniors and seniors from high schools across the Rogue Valley were selected to participate in the ...
ASHLAND, Ore. – A controlled burn sent smoke above Ashland Thursday. The Ashland Forest Resiliency Project and its partners ignited a prescribed underburn on the east side of the Ashland Watershed in the Winburn Ridge area above Ashland’s drinking water ...
ASHLAND, Ore. — As we get closer to fall wildfire safety preparation is starting back up, one of the first restoration projects of the season started Monday. Lomakatsi Restoration Project crews started a thinning project in the upper Elkader Street ...
ASHLAND, Ore. – The Oregon Shakespeare Festival plans on donating a portion of ticket sales to a non-profit committed to reducing the risk of catastrophic wildfires in the Ashland watershed. If you order a ticket to an OSF show between ...
ASHLAND, Ore. – A new camera is online to help better inform southern Oregonians about controlled burns in the Ashland watershed. The burns are intended to reduce potential fuel wildfire, thus reducing the risk of a catastrophic wildfire spreading into ...
ASHLAND, Ore. – A wildfire in the hills above Ashland has been contained. On Friday morning, multiple crews were called to a reported fire on upper Tolman Creek Road, south of the city. By about 9:30 a.m. the fire was ...
ASHLAND, Ore. —Multiple agencies are coming together to conduct controlled burns in the Ashland Watershed this week. According to experts, their efforts could protect land and resources for generations to come. The burns are conducted by the Ashland Forest Resiliency Stewardship ...
Ashland, Ore. – Oregon State Senator Alan DeBoer said a model for forest management already at work in the Ashland Watershed can reduce wildfire risk state-wide. “I was fortunate as Mayor of Ashland to implement the first phase of former ...
Ashland, Ore. – A closure issued for some trails in the Ashland Watershed will be lifted on July 1. The U.S. Forest Service said the closure was made to ensure public safety during a forest stewardship project. The area north ...