Lionshead and Beachie Fires: Growth closes Jefferson Wilderness, Olallie Lake, Opal Creek, part of Detroit Lake. Zach Urness. Salem Statesman Journal. UPDATE at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 7: ...

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 ...

The Opal Creek recreation and wilderness area includes 34,000 acres of trails, ... Beginning of restoration at Oregon’s Opal Creek. Not everything is dead in the Opal, of course.

The Opal Creek recreation and wilderness area includes 34,000 acres of trails, ... Opal Creek, burned in 2020 Oregon wildfires, remains closed. Show comments. Advertisement. Advertisement.

This article appears in print in the October 2019 issue, as part of the Fall Road Trips cover story. Click here to subscribe. Long ago, I was a cub reporter at a TV station in Oregon when war broke ...

Oregonians may be able to return this spring and summer to some of their favorite places that burned in the 2020 Labor Day Fires east of Salem and Eugene. The U.S. Forest Service plans to reopen ...

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 ...

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 ...

SALEM, Ore. (AP) - One of the most beloved destinations in Oregon looks a lot different following the blowup of the Beachie Creek Fire. Large swaths of the 34,000-acre Opal Creek Wilderness and ...

On August 16, a small plume of smoke could be seen in the Opal Creek Wilderness, 75 miles east of Salem. The 10-acre fire was named the Beachie Creek Fire.

In this Sept. 3, 2020, photo provided by the Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center, fire retardant is dropped at Jawbone Flats in the Opal Creek Wilderness in Oregon. Augustus Gleason / AP ...

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 ...