JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. – A half a million-dollar fuel reduction project is set to begin soon on the Bear Creek Greenway. Starting Monday, April 1, contractors will work on the greenway between Ashland and Talent to reduce the dry woody ...
MT. SHASTA, Ca. — The Juniper Flat Fire Safe Council recently completed a fuel reduction project following last year’s Lava Fire. The council says the project will help protect firefighters as well as the community during evacuation from future fires. ...
WHITE CITY, Ore. — Fire District 3 is introducing a new fuel reduction trailer program to help keep you and your family safe at home. Firefighters said creating a defensible space around your home is one of the most effective ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – The Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest was given $802,000 to reduce fuel for potential wildfires in southwest Oregon. The Supplemental Fuels funding will pay for work being done to reinstate forest resiliency and health in the Wild Rivers ...
Klamath County, Ore. – Firefighters are crediting forest management–along with a quick response–for the suppression of a lightning-caused fire in eastern Klamath County. The South Central Oregon Fire Management Partnership (SCOFMP) said in the early 2000s, the Bureau of Land ...
Ashland, Ore. – A controlled burn will be sending smoke above the Rogue Valley for the next two days. According to the Ashland Forest Resiliency Stewardship Project, crews are taking advantage of the cool, moist conditions at the high elevation ...
Ashland, Ore. – Controlled burning in the Ashland Watershed continued on Friday. According to the Oregon Department of Forestry, the fuel-reduction burn will take place on 67 acres of land above Ashland. The No Candies Trail may experience partial closures ...
Jackson County, Ore. – Smoke from controlled burns may be visible across the Rogue Valley starting on Thursday. The U.S. Forest Service said that smoke from the prescirbed burns will likely be seen by people in Medford, Phoenix, Talent, Ashland, ...
Central Point, Ore. – Firefighters responded to a fuel reduction burn that got out of control on Wednesday afternoon near Central Point. According to Jackson County Fire District 3, a landowner was conducting the burn along Scenic Avenue when ...
Jackson County, Ore. — Smoke from a prescribed burn billowed above Ashland on Tuesday, just one of many scheduled fuel reduction efforts across the Rogue Valley. According the the U.S. Forest Service, the burn above Ashland took place on City ...