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.
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.
During a public tour of the Horse Prairie Fire area Wednesday, Bureau of Land Management representatives talked about proposals for helping the forestland to recover, including removing fire-damaged trees and undergrowth.
The Roseburg Bureau of Land Management plans to host a public field tour of the Horse Prairie Fire on Feb. 7.
The U.S. Forest Service will continue its plans to restore about 3,000 acres of forestland, despite the wildfires that burned 56,000 acres across the Umpqua National Forest this past summer.
While studies warn that climate change has been found to increase the intensity and extent of wildfires across the Northwest, forestry experts and climate change observers say a potential connection remains hazy in Douglas County.
The public is invited to a field trip Wednesday to view areas burned in this summer’s 43,134-acre Umpqua North Complex fires in the Diamond Lake and North Umpqua ranger districts of the Umpqua National Forest.
Based on a true story about an elite group of firefighters called the Granite Mountain Hotshots, the film “Only the Brave” portrays the physical and emotional aspects of wildland firefighting — from the tactics of fighting fire with fire to the toll it takes on the crews’ families.
RIDDLE — Under the cover of a thick haze from wildfires surrounding Douglas County, a human-caused spark lit the tall grass and 4-year-old seedlings growing on a hill 12 miles west of Riddle.
Aided by the return of cooler temperatures and rainfall, today marks the end of fire season for the Umpqua National Forest and lands protected by the Douglas Forest Protective Association.
Despite cooler overnight temperatures, fire danger is still present throughout the Douglas District.
The U.S. Forest Service Umpqua National Forest has revised its closure order for areas affected by wildfire.
The Bureau of Land Management Roseburg District revised the emergency closure of public lands near the Horse Prairie Fire between Riddle and Camas Valley. The closure is limited to the fire perimeter.
The Bureau of Land Management Roseburg District revised the emergency closure of public lands near the Horse Prairie Fire between Riddle and Camas Valley. The closure is limited to the fire perimeter.
Umpqua Bank will offer disaster relief loans for anyone affected by this summer’s wildfires in Douglas County.
The Douglas Forest Protective Association worked with landowners over the weekend to safely complete prescribed agricultural burns in the Umpqua Valley.
While cloudy and rainy weather has kept fire activity down, it has prevented crews from flying over the Umpqua North Complex and the Umpqua National Forest with infrared cameras to get up-to-date estimates of the fires’ acreage.
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