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A year after the Beachie Creek Fire burned through the Opal Creek Wilderness, the old growth forest and its crystalline pools are still off limits to the public. But in June, an “Oregon Field ...
The Beachie Creek Fire, in the Opal Creek Wilderness, is located about a mile and a half ... through the area over the weekend," Central Oregon Wildfire Info said. Mosier Creek Fire 65 ...
Walking through Oregon’s Opal Creek Wilderness, located within the boundaries of the Willamette National Forest, it’s common to find trees that have been standing there for upwards of 500 ...
Jawbone Flats has overnight lodging in cabins, which makes it perhaps the best place in Oregon to experience wilderness without roughing it too much.
The Beachie Creek Fire was discovered on Aug. 16 and brought evacuations to the highly popular Opal Creek area. Since then, fire crews have been dropping water on the fire with helicopters and ...
A growing wildfire in the Opal Creek Wilderness has brought multiple closures to the popular recreation area and numerous people were evacuated Sunday evening, police said. The Beachie Creek Fire ...
Atiyeh, nephew of former Oregon Gov. Vic Atiyeh, is 72 years old and hasn't been seen since before the fire swept through the Opal Creek Wilderness, a federally protected area within the ...
The Opal Creek Wilderness covers more than 20,000 acres of the Willamette National Forest east of Salem. It's home to one of the largest old-growth forests Oregon has left. So we're in a pretty ...
OPAL CREEK WILDERNESS, Ore. (AP) — Michael Donnelly's legs were laced with cuts and bleeding, Daniel Dundon had been attacked by a swarm of hornets and I had hiked through ...
Back in 1987, up at the mining camp at Jawbone Flats, we were discussing the Forest Service plan to build 11 miles of roads and clear-cut 1700-acres of ...
Atiyeh, nephew of former Oregon Gov. Vic Atiyeh, is 72 years old and hasn't been seen since before the fire swept through the Opal Creek Wilderness, a federally protected area within the ...