The weather forecast continues to look favorable for the weekend. “A switch to onshore flow increases RH from north to south as today progresses. Wetting rains arrive late Friday with additional rounds…
Category: Oregon Dept. of Forestry (ODF)
OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY: Fire Update 10/17/22
A busy fire weekend. Friday night, October 14th, Astoria District and partners had a fire in the Fishhawk Lake Area on Clatsop State Forest. The fire burned the slash on a south…
Multiple Agencies Respond to Fire Near Fishhawk Lake, Mist-Birkenfeld RFPD Friday Night Oct. 14th; Oregon Dept. of Forestry Takes Over as Fire Grows to Over 85 Acres Oct. 15th in Clatsop State Forest
Yesterday evening, Mist-Birkenfeld Rural Fire Protection District posted on social media – “There is an active brushfire on Fishhawk Loop Road off of Greasy Spoon Road. Avoid the area. We will provide…
GATES AT FISHERMAN’S PIT IN TILLAMOOK STATE FOREST WILL BE INSTALLED TO ENSURE PUBLIC SAFETY, WILL PROHIBIT VEHICLE ACCESS
News Release from Oregon Dept. of Forestry Posted on FlashAlert: October 7th, 2022 10:26 AM Tillamook, Ore. – The Fisherman’s Pit area of the Tillamook State Forest will soon only be accessible…
OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY: Fire Restrictions Update 9/22/22
It is starting to feel like fall out there – higher humidity, shorter days, and the hunting seasons are under way. All of our crews are back from state-wide assignments, and some…
Remain aware and continue to practice wildfire prevention as weather changes
Salem, OR— The Oregon Department of Forestry wants to remind Oregonians that even with the weather starting to transition to fall, fire is still on the landscape and fire season is still…
OREGON DEPT. OF FORESTRY: Fire Restrictions Lifted – IFPL and Public Use Restriction Update 9-12-22
Update from Oregon Department of Forestry – The red flag warning is over, and moisture has moved back into the area. We are dropping back to IFPL 2 in NW2 and NW3,…
SOAPSTONE LAKE AND TRAILHEAD TEMPORARY CLOSURE EXTENDED TO SEPT. 9
The Oregon Department of Forestry will be extending the closure of Soapstone Lake Road and Trailhead off Highway 53 in the Southwest portion of Clatsop State Forest until September 9, 2022. Soapstone…
With fire danger rising, public use restrictions in effect on Tillamook State Forest
As heat rises in the northwest corner of the state, fire managers increased the fire danger level to High (yellow) for recreationists in the Tillamook State Forest. This change took effect on Tuesday, Aug….
Hot weather increases the fire danger for Northwest Oregon area – NW-2 & NW-3 “High” Fire Danger; NW-1 at Moderate
NORTHWEST, Ore. – As the warmer weather increases the temperatures in the northwest corner of the state, fire managers will be increasing the fire danger level to High (yellow) for recreationists using…