SALEM, Ore. — Cool, rainy weather has allowed the first controlled burns of the season to begin across the state, and with new rules concerning smoke, it may allow more burns than in the past. The Oregon Department of Forestry ...
SISKIYOU CO., Calif. –This time last year, Cal Fire and other local firefighting agencies were busy putting out several wildfires across the region. However, on Monday in California, crews were out starting fires. The agency says it was a rare ...
ASHLAND, Ore.– Firefighters from across the world are in Ashland this week training on how to safely and effectively use controlled burns. Some 50 personnel from various government agencies and organizations will take part in the Prescribed Fire Training Exchange or ...
ASHLAND, Ore. — With fire season less than two months away, fire agencies are working to reduce the risk to your home this summer. From last fall until Thursday, the Ashland Forest Resiliency Stewardship Project has conducted controlled burns on ...
ASHLAND, Ore. — Fire crews responded to a small fire after a debris burn got out of control Wednesday afternoon. It happened on Highway 99, near the car dealerships on the north side of town around noon. Fire District 5 ...
ASHLAND, Ore.– Controlled burns are continuing around Ashland this week as wet weather conditions return. This comes after a burn pile in the Applegate Valley lost control and burned 12 acres on Monday. Ashland Fire and Rescue says drier conditions ...
SALEM, Ore. — As agencies prepare for the upcoming fire season by conducting controlled burns, new rules are going into effect surrounding the smoke they put off. In January, the new rules were adopted by the Oregon Board of Forestry ...
ASHLAND, Ore. — Federal agencies are getting ready to get back to work in the forests next week doing controlled burns. Because of the government shutdown, controlled burns weren’t able to take place on forest service and BLM lands. But ...
With the partial government shutdown not allowing agencies to burn on federal lands, one non-profit, The Lomakatsi Restoration Project, is still getting work done on private lands. Program Director, Shane Jimerfield, says they’re partnering with landowners, the Bureau of Land ...
ASHLAND, Ore. – A series of controlled burns are being conducted in the hills above Ashland. The Ashland Forest Resiliency Stewardship Project said three fuel-reduction burns were scheduled to take place on Friday at the same locations where Thursday burns ...