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Pacific Southwest Research Station and Klamath Bird Observatory ecologists recently published new findings about using life cycles of culturally significant birds to inform the timing of prescribed burns in the Klamath Siskiyou Bioregion of Northern California and Southern Oregon.
Read MoreCHILOQUIN, Ore. – The Dillon Creek and Doe fires were discovered on May 20. Both fires were started by lightning. The fires are on the Fremont-Winema National Forest. They are located about 40 miles Northeast of Chiloquin near Jackson Creek.
Read MoreYREKA, Calif. - Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today expanded efforts to reduce wildfire risk across the western U.S., directly affecting national forests here in northern California and southern Oregon.
Read MoreDOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore. – The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, jointly with the United States Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management, is saddened to announce the passing of a wildland firefighter assigned to the Big Swamp Fire near Oakridge, Oregon.
Read MoreLAKEVIEW, Ore. – A Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) Team started on Monday, August 9 in Klamath Falls, Oregon to begin their assessment of the Bootleg Fire. The fire covered 413,765 acres of land on the Fremont-Winema National Forest, and neighboring state and private lands.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, OR — Fourmile Campground, located on the Klamath Ranger District of the Fremont-Winema National Forest, is closed through the 2021 season due to hazard trees in the area.
Read MoreBEATTY, Ore. - On Sunday, July 18, 2021, the Klamath County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call near the 31000 block of Godowa Springs Rd in eastern Klamath County on reports that a property owner was shooting near fire crews working on the Bootleg Fire.
Read MoreALTURAS, Calif. - Modoc National Forest Recreation Managers are looking for volunteer Campground Hosts for Blue Lake and Howard’s Gulch campgrounds.
Read MoreKLAMATH COUNTY - On February 17, 2021, at approximately 11:30 PM Klamath County Sheriff’s Office deputies and volunteers from Klamath County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue located a pair of local women who had been missing for more than 24-hours in a remote part of Lake County east of Willow Valley Reservoir.
Read MorePORTLAND, Ore. – The USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region is seeking public feedback on a proposed list of deferred maintenance projects selected for Great American Outdoors Act funding in fiscal year 2022.
Read MoreBLY, Ore. — On the Fremont-Winema National Forest, Oregon’s first Good Neighbor Authority timber sale and restoration operation is showing visible improvements to forest health.
Read MoreBLY, Ore. – Forest Service road crews made excellent progress this week on Forest Service Road 3790, also known as Fishhole Creek Road, on the Bly Ranger District of the Fremont-Winema National Forest.
Read MoreThere was a very light rain on portions of the fire area as crews focused on patrolling the fire’s perimeter and removing and returning unneeded equipment and supplies from the fire line.
Read MorePAISLEY, Ore. - The success of yesterday’s operations has brought containment up to 55%. Resources from multiple agencies and contractors are working on the fire, including Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF), U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
Read MorePAISLEY, Ore. - The Ben Young fire is currently burning on both private and Forest Service lands located 11 miles S/SW of the town of Paisley. The fire is estimated at 100+ acres and is burning on the east side of the Chewaucan River.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - At approximately 5:30 PM yesterday evening [July 15, 2020] a wildfire broke out in the rough terrain above the lake on Spence Mountain. When firefighters arrived on scene the fire had already grown to approximately 1/2 acre.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Yesterday afternoon the Spence Fire broke out 15-miles northwest of Klamath Falls on Spence Mountain near OR-140. Initial data indicated the fire at 1-2 acres and had produced a dense vertical column of smoke visible across much of the north side of the Basin.
Read MoreLAKEVIEW, Ore. – Wildland firefighters responded to the Doe Fire today on the Fremont-Winema National Forest’s Chemult Ranger District. The fire was discovered around mid-morning and was sparked by lightning from recent storms. It is burning on the south side of Silver Lake Highway near milepost 26.
Read MoreALTURAS, Calif.—The Modoc National Forest is enacting campfire restrictions to protect the health and safety of employees and communities, effective immediately and until further notice. Outside of developed campgrounds and certain permitted facilities, igniting, building, maintaining or using a fire on national forests in California will be prohibited.
Read MoreLAKEVIEW, Ore. – With winter weather patterns returning to south central Oregon, Fremont-Winema National Forest and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Lakeview District managers want to encourage visitors enjoying winter activities on public lands to stay safe, be prepared and to be aware of regulations.
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