From Mike Cafferata, Forest Grove District Forester, Oregon Department of Forestry With the welcomed cooler weather Oregon Department of Forestry Northwest Region are dropping back fire danger levels, effective August 29th, 2023…
Category: Logging & Forestry
ODF WEST OREGON DISTRICT MAKES PROGRESS ON FIRES AFTER STATEWIDE LIGHTNING EVENT
(Dallas, Ore. August 26th, 2023 3:39 PM)– After the large lightning event that started the evening of Thursday, August 24, the Oregon Department of Forestry’s (ODF) West Oregon District has made significant…
OREGON DEPT. OF FORESTRY: Over 1600 Lightning Strikes Spark Dozens of New Wildfires, ODF Coordinated Quick Response Keeps Fires Small
The lightning storm that woke most everyone up across Oregon late Thursday night, August 24th through early Friday morning, August 25th, had fire crews on the move. There were reported at least…
OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY FIREFIGHTERS WORK HARD TO PROTECT LIVES AND PREVENT ANOTHER “BLOW UP DAY”
TILLAMOOK, Ore—On Aug. 24, 1933, the skies west of Portland were darkened by an enormous smoke column more than 40,000 feet high as a fire that had started in the headwaters of…
OREGON DEPT. OF FORESTRY TILLAMOOK OFFICE ANNOUNCE WOOD CUTTING AREAS TO OPEN SEPT. 1ST
Oregon Department of Forestry Tillamook District Firewood cutting areas will open Friday, September 1, 2023. You may come into the office at 5005 Third Street in Tillamook, or call to purchase your…
Early Railroad Logging Book Event Marks the Arrival of Local Historical Classic at Tillamook County Pioneer Museum
By Neal Lemery; Photos & Video by Don Backman The Whitney Company Along the Kilchis River: A First Hand Telling of Logging in the 1920s, a long awaited historical book, premiered August…
OREGON DEPT. OF FORESTRY RESPONDS TO FIRES IN LINCOLN, CLATSOP COUNTIES
ODF WEST OREGON DISTRICT RESPONDS TO SAMS CREEK FIRE, LINCOLN COUNTY Toledo, Ore. – The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) West Oregon District is responding this evening to the Sams Creek Fire…
OREGON DEPT. OF FORESTRY: PUBLIC INFORMATIONAL MEETING SET FOR DRAFT FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR WESTERN OREGON’S STATE FORESTS AUGUST 22
SALEM, Ore. – The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) will be holding an informational meeting on the draft Western Oregon State Forests Management Plan (FMP) virtually via Zoom, Aug. 22, 9 a.m….
Burn ban in effect starting today until rainy season
Press Release The Tillamook County Fire Defense Board in conjunction with the Oregon Department of Forestry will enter into a county-wide burn ban on all burning on July 15, 2023. It is…
Tillamook Forest Center – History, Education, Trails Tell the Story of Our Backyard
By Ashley Hamann Nestled into the mountains on Highway 6 there is a center dedicated to showcasing the history of the Tillamook State Forest and is helping to educate people on the…
