The Tillamook Forest Center. Photo: Chas Hundley TILLAMOOK FOREST – Now open for the season, the Tillamook Forest Center will play host to a variety of public events this March in the heart of the Tillamook State Forest. Two opportunities to learn about one of the region’s most unique mammals[Read More…]
Tillamook State Forest
Tillamook Forest Center reopens Wednesday, March 4
A replica fire lookout tower greets forest center visitors. Photo: Chas Hundley TILLAMOK STATE FOREST – The Tillamook Forest Center will open for the 2020 season on Wednesday, March 4, according to the center’s website. The facility will receive a final winter cleaning from a volunteer crew on Saturday, February[Read More…]
Tillamook, Washington Co. received $38.8 million from timber sales last year
The Gales Creek Overlook in the Tillamook State Forest. File photo: Chas Hundley//Banks Post TILLAMOOK STATE FOREST – In a report issued by the Oregon Department of Forestry, the agency said that $38.8 million was distributed to Washington and Tillamook counties in fiscal year 2019 (July 1, 2018 through June[Read More…]
Oregon State Police asks for public help after two elk killed, left to waste in Tillamook State Forest
Photo from the scene courtesy OSP TILLAMOOK COUNTY – A bull elk and a cow elk were shot and left to waste in the Tillamook State Forest., and the Oregon State Police are asking for the public’s assistance to locate the person — or persons — responsible for the unlawful[Read More…]
Highway 6 closed at summit for crash
The semi overturned on Highway 6, spilling lumber onto the highway. Photo: Forest Grove Fire & Rescue TILLAMOOK STATE FOREST – According to the Oregon Department of Transportation, the Wilson River Highway — signed as Highway 6 — was closed at the summit of the coast range on the Tillamook[Read More…]
Fire season comes to an early close
Photo from the scene of a May 13 fire north of Banks provided by Banks Fire District 13 FOREST GROVE – Just over two and a half months since it was officially declared, fire season is over in the Northwest Oregon Forest Protective Association, which includes the Forest Grove, Tillamook,[Read More…]
Tillamook Forest Heritage Trust will host ‘Routebeer’ event to recognize supporters
The Tillamook Forest Center is home to a replica fire lookout tower. Photo: Chas Hundley TILLAMOOK STATE FOREST – The Tillamook Forest Heritage Trust, an Oregon nonprofit organization that has spearheaded projects and initiatives in the Tillamook State Forest such as the Tillamook Forest Center, the Salmonberry Trail, and the[Read More…]
River cleanup comes to the Wilson River on September 21
The Wilson River near the Tillamook Forest Center. Photo: Chas Hundley TILLAMOOK STATE FOREST – The Tillamook-based nonprofit Wilson River Cleanup Group (WRCG) is holding its annual river cleanup September 21, 2019, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The group wants to make sure the river may be enjoyed by[Read More…]
Fire danger on the rise first part of this week
A burned area in a field at Finegan Farms. Photo: Forest Grove Fire & Rescue NW OREGON – While the fire season has been mild for most of the northwestern portion of Oregon, the next few days — including today — will bring heightened danger as temperatures spike into the[Read More…]
Tillamook State Forest road closures coming during hunting season
The Tillamook State Forest near Storey Burn Road. Photo: Chas Hundley TILLAMOOK STATE FOREST – The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) announced it will resume road restrictions this fall in the western part of the Tillamook State Forest to improve deer and elk escapement during hunting season. The 15-year-old program[Read More…]
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