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More than 2,300 firefighters are battling the Bootleg Fire that has ravaged the southern part of Oregon for over two weeks. The blaze, which started on July 6, 2021, has spread over 395,000 acres ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Bootleg Fire is one of the largest fires in modern Oregon history. The largest wildfire in the U.S. burning in southeast Oregon expanded to an area more than 100 ...
Restoration efforts on 500,000 acres of Fremont-Winema National Forest lands that were devastated by the Bootleg and Cougar ...
Katie Sauerbrey/The Nature Conservancy (With Permission) Since it started on July 6, 2021, the Bootleg Fire has been characterized by its size and speed. Miles of forest land has burned each day ...
One of the largest such fires burning now is the Snake River Complex fire, which has consumed 102,866 acres on the Oregon-Idaho border. 5 A firefighting tanker makes a retardant drop over the ...
New 10,000-acre Elbow Creek fire prompts evacuations, forest closure in NE Oregon. Updated: Jul. 16, 2021, 8:30 p ... the state and around the western U.S. Fires in Oregon alone had consumed more ...
The Bootleg Fire in Oregon has more than tripled in size since Friday, gaining more than 100,000 acres, according to the US Forest Service. The fire had burned 143,607 acres as of Sunday morning ...
Bruler Fire Update for Wednesday, July 14, 2021 Sweet Home, Ore. – Yesterday, firefighters took advantage of mild weather to make significant progress on the Bruler fire.
Fire damage in Elkhorn, Ore., Feb. 26, 2021, ... said he expects the increased federal spending to be accompanied by closer coordination between the U.S. Forest Service and Oregon’s state ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Oregon’s forest-dependent businesses and industries suffered an estimated $5.9 billion in economic losses as a result of the Labor Day wildfires that one year ago burned ...
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