The Game Hog Creek Fire, July 22 2021. Photo: Chas Hundley Fire season ended in the last of the 16 million acres of Oregon forestland protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry as of Friday morning, ODF said. Three districts—Klamath-Lake, Northeast Oregon and the Walker Range Forest Patrol Association—were the[Read More…]
TILLAMOOK FOREST
Keep Oregon Green launches billboard contest, fire season drawing near, and more forestry news
Image courtesy ODF Those with artistic skill and a vision for “keeping Oregon free of wildfire” can enter a billboard poster art contest launched June 1 by Keep Oregon Green in honor of their 80th anniversary. “We are excited to celebrate our important milestone by offering this fun opportunity to[Read More…]
Hillsboro hunter killed by elk in Tillamook County
The elk that killed Mark David. Photo: OSP A Hillsboro man has died after an elk he wounded while archery hunting gored him to death. According to the Oregon State Police, Mark David, 66, was hunting on private property in the area of Trask Road in Tillamook County on Saturday,[Read More…]
Six acres burned in the Tillamook Forest as region enters fire weather watch
Monday’s wildfire. Photo: ODF TILLAMOOK FOREST – The wildfire season is here a bit early, with six acres burning on private forestland in the Tillamook Forest on Monday. According to Forest Grove District forester Mike Cafferata with the Oregon Department of Forestry, the fire burned mostly in fresh timber harvest,[Read More…]
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