MEDFORD, Ore. – A Flash Flood Watch has been issued for areas in Josephine and Curry Counties burned by the Klondike and Chetco Bar Fires for Thursday, November 22 from 10 a.m. PST through Friday, November 23, 4 p.m. The ...
BROOKINGS, Ore. – Federal officials are looking for the public’s opinion in regards to proposed timber harvesting in the burned-out area of the Chetco Bar Fire. The fire was started by lightning this past summer during a thunderstorm that passed ...
Josephine County, Ore. — The Josephine County Board of Commissioners is calling on the US Forest Service to change its current timber salvage plan. Commissioner Simon Hare drafted a letter to the forest service, and the county’s other two commissioners ...
COQUILLE, Ore. – Some landowners impacted by the Chetco Bar fire may be eligible for financial assistance for post-fire conservation efforts on their land. The lightning-caused Chetco Bar Fire burned nearly 200,000 acres of federal and private land in Curry ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – Forestry officials are asking for public input about harvesting fire-killed trees in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest. Many trees in the area were killed when the nearly 200,000-acre Chetco Bar Fire swept over through the Kalmiopsis Wilderness. ...
ROGUE RIVER-SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST, Ore. – The Chetco Bar Fire is officially, and finally, 100% contained as of November 2. The fire was started by lightning on July 12 during a thunderstorm that passed over the Kalmiopsis Wilderness. The fire ...
Brookings, Ore. — Governor Kate Brown spent Sunday in Brookings, meeting with the community about recovery efforts. A workshop ‘After the Fire’ is planned for Tuesday afternoon. Anytime between 3 and 8 p.m., people are invited to go to the ...
Brookings, Ore.- Governor Kate Brown spent today in Brookings talking with local business owners about the impact of the Chetco Bar Fire, Oregon’s ninth largest fire in over 100 years. Now that the devastation has stopped, Governor Brown says she’s ...
Fire management teams that worked the Chetco Bar Fire are holding Q&A sessions around the region this week. Those sessions are marked with plenty of complaints and concerns from people who think the fire should have been handled differently. But ...
Brookings, Ore. – A special team is responding to the Chetco Bar Fire to begin their assessment of the burned-out areas in the Kalmiopsis Wilderness. The U.S. Forest Service said a Burned Area Emergency Response team–or BAER–will arrive this weekend ...