New Oregon ‘landscape resiliency’ grant program aims to curb wildfire risk, protect lives and property (KTVZ, 11/2/22)
Oregon Department of Forestry – SB 762 Landscape Resiliency Program report (2022) Oregon Department of Forestry
forest fires
2017 wildfire season
Will Oregon’s wet spring bring quiet wildfire season, or fuel major fires similar to 2017? (Statesman Journal, 6/17/2022)
2017 wildfire season facts (2017) Oregon Department of Forestry
Impacts of Oregon’s 2017 wildfire season: time for a crucial conversation (2018) Oregon Forest Resources Institute
The impacts of the 2017 wildfires on Oregon’s travel and tourism industry (2017) Oregon Tourism Commission
“Humongous Fungus” and forest fires
What the World’s Largest Organism Reveals About Fires and Forests (Wired, 5/21/22)
The Malheur National Forest : location of the world’s largest living organism (the humongous fungus) (2008) United States Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region
End of fire season for some of Oregon
Fire season over for half of Oregon; eastern, southern regions need more rain (Oregonian, 10/6/21)
Southern Oregon fire danger drops to Low (Mail Tribune, 10/6/21)
… fire season: ODF fires and large fire tracking (serial) Oregon Department of Forestry
2020 wildfire impact report
Study for Oregon’s forest industry tallies nearly $6 billion in losses from 2020 Labor Day wildfires (KTVZ, 9/8/21)
2020 Labor Day fires : economic impacts to Oregon’s forest sector (2021) Oregon Forest Resources Institute
Recent wildfire activity
Bull Complex shows biggest day of growth, air quality drops to ‘very unhealthy’ in Santiam Canyon (Statesman Journal, 9/3/2021)
Fire season : ODF fires and large fire tracking (serial) Oregon Department of Forestry
2021 wildfire season
Gov. Brown invokes Emergency Conflagration Act to fight Sunset Valley Fire near The Dalles (KATU, 7/2/2021)
Central Oregon crews continue to fight several wildfires (Bend Bulletin, 7/3/2021)
2021 fire season: ODF fires and large fire tracking (serial) Oregon Department of Forestry
2021 wildfire season
Oregon’s emergency responders and utilities are preparing for another big wildfire season (Oregonian, 6/4/2021)
ODF wildfire history (serial) Oregon Department of Forestry
2020 wildfire season
Oregon’s 2020 wildfire season set every record for destruction. It could be just the beginning (Statesman Journal, 10/30/2020)
Oregon wildfires (serial) Oregon Department of Forestry
ODF fire history (serial) Oregon Department of Forestry
Wildfire history
Oregon “Megafires” This Month Alone Nearly Match the Number From 1900 to 1999 (Willamette Week, 9/16/20)
ODF fire history (serial) Oregon Department of Forestry
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