Chas Hundley

As temperature records are broken and locals everywhere seek ways to stay cool, Oregon Department of Forestry fire crews and inmates incarcerated at the South Fork Forest Camp are on standby in case of wildfire in the Tillamook and Clatsop State Forests and surrounding areas. Most of the region’s

Fire season in this corner of Oregon will begin Tuesday, June 22 at 1 a.m. In a June 16 email signed by the three Oregon Department of Forestry district foresters for the Forest Grove, Tillamook, and Astoria districts, the district heads noted that recent rainy days delayed the onset

The Salmonberry Trail Foundation plans to host a cleanup day on the planned site of the Salmonberry Trail in Buxton and a discussion on race in the outdoors on June 19, coinciding with Oregon’s soon to be newest official state holiday, Juneteenth, which commemorates the ending of slavery in

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 all Oregon residents.

The six members of the Oregon Board of Forestry unanimously voted to appoint Nancy Hirsch as interim state forester in a short special meeting held Thursday morning. Her first day on the job will be June 1. Hirsch, who retired from the Oregon Department of Forestry in 2019 as the

The Oregon Department of Forestry has announced that all campgrounds in the Tillamook and Clatsop State Forests will have reopened by Memorial Day weekend, with the last few stragglers opening Thursday, May 27. Joining campgrounds opened throughout the last few weeks are Brown’s Camp, Gales Creek Campground, Jones Creek,

The search for an interim state forester continues, with a vote on a candidate coming on Thursday, May 27 at a special meeting called for that purpose. Among other duties, the state forester, who serves as the chief executive officer of the Oregon Department of Forestry, will be among the

A bill introduced in the Oregon Senate on Wednesday, May 19 by a bipartisan group of senators would strip the Oregon Board of Forestry of their statutory power [https://www.oregonlaws.org/ors/526.031] to appoint Oregon’s state forester, reducing their role to that of an advisory one

The Oregon Board of Forestry will meet Thursday, May 20 to discuss the appointment of an interim State Forester and a recruitment process to select a permanent replacement for State Forester Peter Daugherty, who announced his resignation May 7. Daugherty’s last day in the position will be May 31.