Public health depends on a pause on burning The US Forest Service and its partner agencies continue to expand on the prescribed burns under the program title “West Bend Pilot […]
Central Oregon firefighters plan to begin prescribed burning Tuesday on Pine Mountain, 14 southeast of Bend, targeting up to 2,008 acres through Friday if conditions allow. The work is scheduled […]
Smoke from prescribed burns set by federal agencies drifted into Bend for a second straight day Friday, pushing air quality into hazardous levels in parts of the city. The smoke […]
A smoke plume from a prescribed burn in the Deschutes National Forest pushed air quality in Bend into “very unhealthy” levels Thursday morning, with pollution peaking during the early commute […]
DIFC plans major overhaul of Prescribed Company rules, opening low-cost holding structures to all applicants while tightening compliance via licensed CSPs.
Firefighters plan to ignite prescribed burns Friday across all three ranger districts of the Deschutes National Forest, weather permitting, as part of ongoing efforts to reduce wildfire risk in Central […]