For the last 30 years, shrub and grass fires have burned far more acres and destroyed more property in the West than forest fires, and the same was true this season. Still, Republicans in the U.S ...
But opponents, including environmentalists and Democrats, say it would open millions of acres of federal land to logging without scientific review or community input, potentially increasing the risk ...
On Oct. 10, the Oregon Department of Forestry asked the Oregon State Treasury for a $60 million loan to tide the agency over until it can get more money from the Legislature. Record firefighting ...
Anna Lueck / OPB At a Thursday board retreat in Pendleton, officials from the Oregon Department of Forestry went over ... personnel the department sent, the equipment they used, the length of ...