Oregon Department of Forestry Forest Crew Coordinator Dillon Neumann scouts for containment line opportunities near Elk Creek. Photo: ODF Efforts to fight the Game Hog Creek Fire continued overnight, and the Oregon Department of Forestry continues to express confidence in halting the wildfire’s spread. The fire has burned over 130[Read More…]
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Crews ‘made good progress’ on Game Hog Creek Fire by Wednesday evening
Stacks of water bottles await firefighters at the Rogers Camp Trailhead on Wednesday, July 14. Photo: Chas Hundley The Oregon Department of Forestry said that fire crews battling the Game Hog Creek Fire in the Tillamook State Forest have made “good progress” in halting the blaze. “Although the fire remains[Read More…]
Game Hog Creek Fire ‘appears manageable’ but terrain challenges firefighting efforts
An Oregon Department of Forestry firefighter fights the Game Hog Creek Fire. Photo: ODF The Game Hog Creek Fire is now estimated to be between 70 and 100 acres. “The main body of the fire appears manageable,” said Oregon Department of Forestry spokesperson Laura Fredrickson, who noted that the information[Read More…]
Game Hog Creek Fire grows to 70 acres in the Tillamook State Forest
An Oregon Department of Forestry firefighter fights the Game Hog Creek Fire. Photo: ODF This story was updated at 10:15 a.m. with additional information. The Game Hog Creek Fire escaped fire lines Tuesday afternoon and is now growing in the Tillamook State Forest. The fire was estimated Wednesday morning to[Read More…]
Banks’ Main Street Salon is expanding
Melissa Polley stands in front of Main Street Salon. Photo: Chas Hundley Main Street Salon in Banks is expanding, spilling into a newly renovated room with a new entrance behind the current area where hair services are offered. With the expansion, owner Melissa Polley hopes to attract new technicians to[Read More…]
City eases water restrictions
Part of the city of Banks water system on September 6, 2017. Photo: Chas Hundley The city of Banks is lifting some restrictions on water usage, moving from stage 3 to stage 2 in the city’s water curtailment plan which will loosen restrictions that had previously barred almost all outdoor[Read More…]
ODF crews fight Tillamook Forest wildfire with help of Banks Fire’s Hornshuh Creek Fire Station
An Oregon Department of Forestry helicopter stages at the Hornshuh Creek Fire Station in Buxton. Photo: Oregon Department of Forestry What the Oregon Department of Forestry is now calling the Game Hog Creek Fire in the Tillamook State Forest continues to burn at around six acres, though fire crews are[Read More…]
Board of Forestry to meet July 12 in state forester search process
Nancy Hirsch, pictured here with departing Oregon Department of Forestry State Forester Peter Daugherty in December of 2018 at her retirement as deputy state forester. Photo: ODF The Oregon Board of Forestry will meet virtually on Monday, July 12 to continue the search for Oregon’s next state forester. The meeting[Read More…]
Tillamook Forest Center to remain closed through most of summer
The Tillamook Forest Center. Photo: Chas Hundley The Tillamook Forest Center will remain closed until at least September. The Oregon Department of Forestry-owned and operated facility and property, located along the Wilson River in the heart of the Tillamook State Forest, closed in 2020 due to COVID-19 concerns. “To help[Read More…]
People may not legally light fireworks in some areas outside of Banks
A map showing areas protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry. Map courtesy ODF Can you legally light fireworks if you live west or north of the city of Banks this year? It depends on where you live. While Forest Grove and other cities have banned fireworks this year to[Read More…]
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