CENTRAL POINT, Ore. – On October 1, the 2019 fire season will be over on lands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry in Jackson and Josephine Counties. ODF said recent cool weather and rains helped bring an end to ...
LAKE COUNTY, Ore. – A wildfire burning in Lake County grew to by nearly 10,000 acres in the past 24 hours. The Poker Fire was first reported on August 15 on Hart Mountain east of the small community of Plush, ...
LAKE COUNTY, Ore. – A wildfire burning in Lake County grew to an estimated 15,000 acres. The Poker Fire was first reported on August 15 on Hart Mountain east of the small community of Plush, Oregon. High winds in the ...
CASTELLA, Calif. – Four small fires burning along Interstate 5 in Shasta County have been kept to under two acres in size. At about 3:45 p.m. Thursday, the Shasta Trinity National Forest said firefighters responded to four fires next to ...
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 ...
CHEMULT, Ore. – Prescribed burns are expected to cover thousands of acres of forestland near Crater Lake. The U.S. Forest Service said they plan to start treating up to 13,000 acres about 10 miles southwest of Chemult in the Fremont-Winema ...
PROSPECT, Ore. – The Gopher Fire burning in the Sky Lakes Wilderness is now 15% contained. On September 5, lightning strikes sparked five small fires about 11 miles east of Prospect in the perimeter of 2008’s Middle Fork Fire. Those ...
LAKE COUNTY, Ore. – It’s been a relatively uneventful fire season in southwestern Oregon, with significantly less acreage burned this past summer compared to season. And, with the latest weather forecast, some forest managers are transitioning from fire season to ...
KERBY, Ore. – A tree falling on a powerline caused a fire and power outage in Josephine County Tuesday. The Illinois Valley Fire District said at about 9:00 a.m. on September 10, they responded to a fire just north of ...
ASHLAND, Ore. – Crews raced to battle a series of small fires that started along Highway 66 near Dead Indian Memorial Road Monday. The Oregon Department of Forestry responded before 3:00 p.m. to four small fires ranging in size from ...