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Where fires used to be frequent, old forests now face high risk of devastating blazes

A new analysis shows that the Pacific Northwest’s mature and old-growth forests are most at risk of severe wildfire in areas ...
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UO study finds Oregon Cascade forests burned more often than assumed, even in wet zones

A study out of the University of Oregon is challenging a common belief about wildfires in Oregon.Despite being so wet, ...

Q&A: Wildfire in protected Northwest forests highlights need for strategy updates

The Northwest Forest Plan, adopted in 1994, helped quell mounting tensions between timber companies and environmentalists. It ...

Western Cascades forests historically saw more fire than previously thought, study indicates

New research led by a University of Oregon ecologist suggests that fire was historically more frequent in the Douglas fir ...

Modeling finds old-growth wildfire risk highest where low-severity fires once burned

A new analysis shows that the Pacific Northwest's mature and old-growth forests are most at risk of severe wildfire in areas that historically burned frequently at lower severity. The study by ...
Mother Jones

Federal Judge Nixes Rule That Enabled Clearcutting in the Name of Taming Wildfires

A niche rule established by the US Forest Service to justify the clearing of tens of thousands of acres of forest in the name of reducing wildfire risk was unlawfully created and applied, the Oregon ...