It may be spring, but wildfire knows no season, according to the Douglas Forest Protective Association. Crews from the DFPA responded to a natural cover fire about two miles southwest of Glendale, near the Douglas and Josephine County line, shortly after 4 p.m. Sunday. The firefighters worke…
Fir Grove Elementary School fifth grader Naomi Osunacuriel attempted to maneuver a shovel into rocky soil Friday as fellow student Sara Beth Cook held a small Douglas Fir sapling.
Ciara Seal, 9, and her cousin Alvlyn Lopez, 11, were enthusiastic about the things they’d seen and done at the Douglas County Earth Day & Energy Fair Saturday at the Douglas County Fairgrounds.
Every night around sunset this spring, hundreds of tiny birds are swirling in the air above Fir Grove Park in Roseburg before funneling into an old chimney to roost.
With exhibits incorporating themes of clean energy and sustainability, the 18th annual Douglas County Earth Day & Energy Fair aims to bring community members and visitors together to celebrate the earth.
The trial date has been set for Oct. 29 in the case brought by 21 young plaintiffs arguing their constitutional rights are being violated by the federal government’s actions exacerbating climate change.
Umpqua Watersheds plans to hold its 22nd annual banquet and silent auction this Saturday at the Umpqua Community College Campus Center, 1140 Umpqua College Road, Roseburg. Happy Hour will start at 5 p.m. followed by dinner at 6:15 p.m.
Douglas County officials and Oregon’s Congressional delegation hailed the extension of Secure Rural Schools payments for two years as a victory last month, when the 2018 omnibus spending bill including the payments was passed by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump.
Douglas County Planning Director Keith Cubic said he believes the reason an off-highway vehicle park proposal was scrapped was because the large amount of data in the county record could make things complicated on appeal.
The Douglas County Board of Commissioners announced Monday they have finalized the purchase of Discovery Point RV Park in Winchester Bay.
RIDDLE — Fifty elementary students from Days Creek Charter School planted about 1,500 trees in the charred acres of forestland west of Riddle on Monday.
With the steelhead as their mascot, students at Eastwood Elementary School in Roseburg care for the local fish.
The federally protected western snowy plover begins nesting on Oregon beaches this time of year, and restrictions are meant to protect the little shorebird.
For supporting a culture of workplace safety within the Umpqua National Forest, Safety Manager Ken Rice received the Regional Forester’s Award for Forest Safety Manager of the Year for the Pacific Northwest.
The first meeting of Umpqua Watersheds new Wilderness book club will start at 7 p.m. March 29 at Cascadian Coffee Company, 732 SE Cass Street, Roseburg.Â
Douglas County Seed Stewards is planning to meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the United Methodist Church, 1771 W. Harvard Ave., Roseburg. This is the first of six classes the third Tuesday of each month between March and August.
Among the charred remnants of forestland where the Horse Prairie Fire burned in the late summer, middle school students planted tiny young fir trees.
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