state foresters News

After several days of rain, state foresters are declaring an end to a busy fire season in southwestern Oregon. The Department of Forestry said Monday the fire danger level will be reduced to its low, or “green,” level as of …

State foresters are hoping that recent rains will limit the 2012 wildfire risk in East Texas, where drought factored in several disastrous fires last year. Mark Stanford is associate director of forest resource protection for the Texas Forest Service. He …