Fire

Planned burns can reduce wildfire risks, but expanding use of 'good fire' isn't easy

Smoke from a 2016 controlled burn in the Tillamook State Forest towers above Gales Creek. Photo: Chas Hundley This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.

By Courtney Schultz, Colorado State University; Cassandra Moseley, University of Oregon, and Heidi Huber-Stearns, University of Oregon

/ 20 May 2019

Planned burns can reduce wildfire risks, but expanding use of 'good fire' isn't easy

Burn ban goes into effect in Washington County

Hot spots are put out from an out of control burn pile between Dilley and Gales Creek in September 2018. Photo: Chas Hundley FOREST GROVE - Washington County issued a

By Daniel Pearson - Gales Creek Journal

/ 9 May 2019

Burn ban goes into effect in Washington County