The Willamette National Forest has issued an emergency closure order for the lightning-caused Emigrant Fire burning an estimated 7,000 acres of remote land south of Oakridge. Forest officials said the ...

As Oregon’s wildfire season appears to wind down, several areas in the Willamette National Forest have reopened to the public. On Oct. 1, the U.S. Forest Service reduced its closures around multiple ...

Willamette and Siuslaw national forests rescinded public-use restrictions Wednesday due to a reduction in fire danger levels, according to the U.S. Forest Service. The fire danger level was lowered to ...

Willamette National Forest has banned all campfires as wildfire danger grows and numerous fires are already burning on the 1.6 million acre federal forest east of Salem and Eugene. Previously, ...

(Walterville, Ore.) – Yesterday, nearly 0.75 inches of rain fell near the Lookout Fire. Where weather conditions allowed, work was ongoing. Crews continue to retrieve fire suppression equipment from ...

Fire fighters are responding to numerous lightning fires on the Willamette National Forest. Currently, one fire is five acres and the remaining are all less than an acre in size. The majority of these ...

A semitruck carrying a load of pesticides crashed on a remote and winding mountain road Saturday in Willamette National Forest south of Detroit Lake and northeast of Green Peter Reservoir when the ...

People can hit the trails again in parts of the Willamette National Forest that were closed for the past two years. Over the last several days, the Forest Service has reopened areas affected by past ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Firefighters have made progress battling the Bedrock Fire in the Willamette National Forest — reaching 35% containment as of Monday, according to the Forest Service. The fire ...