SALEM, Ore. — The Board of Forestry Governance Committee will meet virtually at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 8. To join, please use the Zoom video conference information found on the agenda. The committee’s agenda includes: Board Self-Evaluation (Addendum G) …
SALEM, Ore. — The Emergency Fire Cost Committee (EFCC) will meet at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 8 in the Tillamook Room, Building C, Oregon Department of Forestry at 2600 State Street in Salem. To join virtually, please use the Teams video conference …
SALEM, Ore. — The Adaptive Management Program Committee will meet virtually at noon on Thursday, Sept. 3. To join, please use the Teams video conference information found on the agenda. The committee’s agenda includes: The meeting is open to the public to …
SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Board of Forestry will meet at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 9. The meeting will be held in the Tillamook Room, Building C, at the Oregon Department of Forestry headquarters, located at 2600 State St. in Salem. The meeting is open …
A series of rulemaking advisory committee meetings has been scheduled to discuss updates to the smoke management rules. This will include multiple work sessions and opportunity for public comment. The next meeting is scheduled for Aug. 26. There will be a …
SALEM, Ore. — The Forest Trust Land Advisory Committee meets virtually at 10 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 21. To join, please use the Teams video conference information found on the agenda. Agenda items will include: Update on Performance Measures for Western …
A series of rulemaking advisory committee meetings has been scheduled to discuss updates to the smoke management rules. The committee’s focus will be to discuss regulated areas. This will include multiple work sessions and public comment. The first meeting …
BEAVERTON, Ore. – Emerald ash borer (EAB), an exotic beetle that infests and kills ash and olive trees, has been confirmed for the first time inside Beaverton, Salem, at Bethany Lake Park in the Rockcreek area, as well as at the Oregon Garden in Silverton …
REDMOND, Ore.—The Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch Center is working hard to catch and put out wildfires while they are small. They have the responsibility to coordinate the first response to these fires, called “initial attack.” “The center has been …
A series of three meetings of a rulemaking advisory committee on updating the smoke management rules have been scheduled. The committee’s focus will be to discuss regulated areas. This will include multiple work sessions and public comment. The first …
Salem, Ore. – A complex incident management team (CIMT) from Florida will take over command of the East Evans Creek Fire in the Oregon Department of Forestry’s (ODF) Southwest Oregon District Monday at 6 a.m. ODF mobilized the CIMT from Florida through a …
SALEM, Ore. — The Compliance Monitoring Program Committee will hold a virtual meeting Thursday, July 30, from 9 to 10:30 a.m. To join, please use the Teams video conference information found on the agenda. The committee’s agenda includes: Roads and steep …
SALEM, Ore.—In a 5-2 vote this morning, the Oregon Board of Forestry approved a new Western Oregon State Forests Management Plan (FMP). This long-term plan, along with locally-focused, shorter-term implementation and operation plans, ensures state forests …
SALEM, Ore. — The Adaptive Management Program Committee will meet virtually at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, July 28. To join, please use the Teams video conference information found on the agenda. The committee’s agenda includes: Report from AMPC-IRST subcommittee …
PRINEVILLE, Ore. – The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) is deploying its Complex Incident Management Team 3 (CIMT) to manage the Brewer and Box Springs wildfires in the Prineville and Sisters area. This is the third and last ODF-staffed team the …
SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Board of Forestry will hold a special virtual meeting on Wednesday, July 22, starting at 8:30 a.m. An Executive Session will be scheduled immediately following the board meeting. The focus of this special meeting is for the board …
PRINEVILLE, Ore. – The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) is deploying its Complex Incident Management Team 2 (CIMT) to manage multiple central Oregon wildfires in the Prineville and Sisters area. The all ODF-staffed team will coordinate current and …
SALEM, Ore. – The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) has finalized its Annual Operations Plans (AOP). The Plans describe projects planned for state forests in the 2027 fiscal year that began July 1 and runs through June 30, 2027. These include: planned …
Salem, Ore. – As technology evolves, so does the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF). ODF continues to adapt and integrate technological advancements into their work. During fire season, the agency uses several different types of tech for early detection, …
Gilchrist State Forest, Ore.—With only an average yearly rainfall of 10 inches, wildlife in the Gilchrist State Forest can get easily stressed during the hot dry summers of central Oregon. But thanks to some old school technology that has been used since …
