A sign noting forest closures on Lousignont Road in Timber on Wednesday, September 16. Photo: Chas Hundley
The Tillamook and Clatsop State Forests are expected to reopen to public use on Friday, September 18 at 1 a.m., according to the Oregon Department of Forestry. However, the fire danger is expected to remain at “High,” which comes with additional restrictions for those hiking, biking, kayaking, hunting, off-roading, and doing other activities in these ODF-managed forests. “Campfire restrictions remain in place. Campfires only in the metal fire pits installed by ODF in designated campgrounds and in designated campsites,” noted ODF spokesperson Jason Cox in an email to the Banks Post. Current restrictions can be viewed at gisapps.odf.oregon.gov/firerestrictions/PFR.html.Logging and other industrial activities will be allowed to resume in the forest beginning Thursday, September 17 at 1 a.m., with differing Industrial Fire Precaution Levels depending on which of the three zones one is working in, which can be viewed at gisapps.odf.oregon.gov/firerestrictions/ifpl.html.The Tillamook and other state forests were first closed to public use on Wednesday, September 9, with a full closure to logging and other industrial activities following on Friday, September 11.
The 2022 wildfire season in Oregon has been among the mildest in the last decade, with human-caused fires down nearly 20% from the 10-year average, according to state data.
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Discovered Friday evening, the Fishhawk Loop Fire has grown to an estimated 120 acres in Clatsop County near the Fishhawk Lake community that straddles the Columbia and Clatsop County line.
More than a hundred teachers and staff from Banks' three public schools gathered in the Banks Elementary School cafeteria Aug. 19 for a breakfast with their peers and school officials as another school year began. With construction, new security, and a cell phone ban looming, many changes await staf
A crash in Glenwood snarled Labor Day weekend traffic for up to three miles and resulted in minor injuries to at least four people, Forest Grove Fire & Rescue said Saturday.
