National Forest

In June, Charles and Heather Maud, ranchers from South Dakota, were individually indicted on charges of theft of government property.  The couple are accused of stealing and modifying a United States Forest Service grazing allotment that consists of about 25 acres.  The Mau...

The USDA is making funding available for businesses and organizations to remove hazardous wildfire fuels from national forests.  The program will pay groups to transport the material to be turned into wood products or services.  Hazardous fuels are typically woody material with little commercial value, but can become useful as other products, although, transportation costs are often prohibitive.  

It’s already very dry across the Pacific Northwest, which has wildland firefighters nervous about what the season ahead may look like. Because of that, the Washington DNR is encouraging property owners to prepare their land now for the season ahead. Jen ...

The Oregon Department of Forestry announced Tuesday it had given $100,000 to the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest for restoration work following a fire in the Big Butte Spring watershed. ODF said the Snowy Butte Forest Restoration Project will reduce catastrophic wildfire risk on 20,000 acres in the area that contains the year-round source of drinking water for Medford and surrounding communi

After two wildfire-filled seasons, Oregonians got a break this summer.  Oregon’s fire season was the mildest since 2004 and the least expensive since 2010, according to statistics from the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center.   T...

A trapper who shot a gray wolf after finding it caught in one of his traps in Oregon has been sentenced to two years probation and 100 hours of community service.  Union County Judge Thomas Powers also suspended David Sanders' hunting and trapping license for three years and fined him $7,500.  Sa...