Wildfires

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (285+ words) Elkhorn Media Group Malheur National Forest reduces public restrictions, effective 9/11 JOHN DAY, PRAIRIE CITY, & HINES – (Press Release from the Malheur National Forest) With the precipitation received across the Malheur National Forest last week, the forest is reducing Public Use Restrictions…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (159+ words) In "From Shoreline to Fireline" the U.S. Forestry Service is working to document the fight against this summer's wildfires in the BWCA. (FOX 9) - The wildfires that burned in northern Minnesota for months have now been 100% contained, fire officials report. Fire officials…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (147+ words) Personal firewood permits available online for UNF nrtoday.com Personal firewood permits for the Umpqua National Forest are now available through a new online E-Permit system, eliminating the need to travel to a Forest Service office. A UNF release said…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (525+ words) ELY, MN (September 10, 2026). After more than two months of firefighting across some of Minnesota's most remote terrain, wildfires that burned more than 71,000 acres in and around the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness have reached 100 percent containment. U.S. Forest Service officials said…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (291+ words) September 10, 2026 3:50 a.m. The Douglas Forest Protective Association will begin issuing permits for prescribed burns as weather conditions allow. DFPA Public Information Officer Rachael Pope said prescribed burning helps landowners improve pastures, control weeds and brush, improve wildlife habitat, and reduce vegetation…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (285+ words) More than two months after hot, dry winds whipped up flames sparked by lightning strikes, the wildfires that have burned tens of thousands of acres in and around the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northern Minnesota are now fully…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (401+ words) Springfield Public Schools will remain closed through the end of the week as a cybersecurity incident continues to impact access to student medical records, officials announced. Across the state, Everett City Hall remains closed through Thursday following a separate cybersecurity…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (253+ words) ROSEBURG, Ore. — Landowners in Douglas County will soon have a limited opportunity to use fire to improve pastures and reduce wildfire fuels, as the Douglas Forest Protective Association begins issuing permits for prescribed pasture burns when weather conditions allow. DFPA…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (278+ words) Elkhorn Media Group Malheur National Forest changes to fire danger, IFPL and PURs HARNEY AND GRANT COUNTIES-Effective immediately, on the Malheur National Forest portion within Burns Interagency Fire Zone, the Industrial Fire Precaution Level (IFPL) will be reduced from a…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (155+ words) September 9, 2026 3:50 a.m. Due to increasing temperatures and lowering relative humidity across lands protected by the Douglas Forest Protective Association, Public Use Restriction Levels have increased to Moderate effective Wednesday for all private, county, state, and Bureau of Indian Affairs lands within…...