July 24, 2021 4:22 am Source: https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/07/23/us/23bootleg-fire-promo/23bootleg-fire-moth.jpg Small fires burned inside hollowed-out trees. Smoke rose from the blackened dirt. On the edge of the Bootleg Fire in southern Oregon, firefighters worked to halt the advance of the flames. Get The Mitagator The Mitagator™ Fire Mitigation Tool USD $119.99 USD $99.99 Categories Air Pollution (1) Alaska (2) animals (1) apparatus…
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Smoke from the Bootleg Fire covered an area near Sprague River, Ore., on Tuesday.
Smoke from the Bootleg Fire covered an area near Sprague River, Ore., on Tuesday.
The Bootleg fire is burning out of control in southern Oregon.
People sought relief from the punishing heat at a cooling center in Spokane, Wash., on Tuesday. The city broke its record for high temperatures, hitting…
June 22, 2021 11:12 am Source: https://wildlandfirefighter.com/2021/06/22/arizona-feels-brunt-of-wildfire-activity-across-the-u-s-west/ More land has burned across Arizona so far to date The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office blocks off a U.S. Forest Service Road outside of Flagstaff, Ariz., on Monday, June 21, 2021. Dozens of wildfires were burning in hot, dry conditions across the U.S. West, including a blaze touched off by lightning…
June 10, 2021 2:40 pm Source: https://wildlandfirefighter.com/2021/06/10/oregon-officials-react-to-drought-and-wildfire-risks/ Emergency plans and new evacuation zones By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — In northeast Oregon’s Union County, the snowpack is so thin that it has completely melted away in measurement sites. Rivers are running lower, spelling bad news for farmers. The wildfire risk is high. Given these…
June 9, 2021 12:01 pm Source: https://wildlandfirefighter.com/2021/06/09/early-start-to-wildfire-season-begins-in-northeast-oregon/ Wildfires combined have burned 9,000 acres Joseph Canyon Fire, View from Rye Ridge. (InciWeb photo) LA GRANDE, Ore. (AP) — Forest managers in northeast Oregon declared on Tuesday an early start to the 2021 fire season, with conditions resembling those that would be typical for mid-summer, as firefighters were containing…
June 8, 2021 2:47 pm Source: https://wildlandfirefighter.com/2021/06/08/expert-oregon-hazard-tree-removal-program-working/ Independent review examines recently marked trees PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An independent forester hired to do a hasty review of the state’s controversial hazard tree removal program has concluded that 96% of the 2,200 trees he recently examined were appropriately marked for removal. He said the program also has the…
