BLM Oregon Just because it’s raining, doesn’t mean there can’t be fires. According to the Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch Center, area fire crews had responded to 48 separate incidents as of this morning. Storms in Central Oregon started yesterday afternoon and continued through the night. The lightning display made for some great front porch beer […]
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Warm Springs on a Hot Streak
The changing face of fighting fires in the American West
Last Monday, when I arrived on the Warm Springs Reservation, it was a whirlwind of confusion. A pillar of smoke billowed in the background. The Warm Springs Incident Management Team was in the process of transferring firefighting duties to Oregon Interagency Incident Management Team 4 (ORIIMT4)—a well-trained crew made up of federal, state, and municipal […]
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The Fire Photos We Couldn’t Fit in the Paper
Last week we sent a writer to the Warm Springs fire. She talked to fire management officials, Bureau of Indian Affairs officials, wildland firefighters and community members. Then she wrote a feature for this week’s issue (on stands late tomorrow!) about what she saw, heard and learned. She snapped a lot of photos. Below are […]
