(Oregon.gov e­mail) ODFnet (ODF Intranet) A Short History of Wildland/Urban Interface Fires in Oregon [Table: Oregon´s Most Destructive Wildland/Urban Interface Fires] Oregon has grappled with the problem of wildfires burning homes for more than a century. “We get lulled into this sense that it doesn’t happen here. About 20,000 people are under evacuation orders in Butte County. But after living through the public debate around one of the council’s chief recommendations, spending $4 billion over 20 years to treat 5.6 million acres of forest and grasslands, he acknowledges that it’s off the table for now, on the west side at least. A small number of Oregon cities and towns have an outsize danger of being impacted by wildfire, according to a study that identifies the state's 50 communities most at risk to forest fires. And in a legislative session shortened by a Republican walkout over climate change legislation, none of them gained ground. 2019 report by the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute. The fire was there. In Oregon, the threat to life and property was serious and the physical impact was substantial. Likewise, a 2019 risk assessment by the Governor’s Council on Wildfire Response specifically identified areas of Clackamas, Marion and Lane counties as well as much of Southwest Oregon as areas of high and increasing wildfire risk. “Our situation over the last 36 hours has been dangerous, it’s been deadly, it’s been extremely destructive,” Cal Fire Chief John Messina told reporters on Wednesday. Police said they discovered a body near the origin of the fire, according to local station NewsWatch 12. Early August thunderstorms ignited the first big fires, which burned in northeastern Oregon on the Wallowa and Whitman National Forests (now the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest). Bills to expand forest treatments across the state, as well as legislation to modernize and bolster the Oregon Department of Forestry’s ability to put down wildfires quickly, went nowhere. And at 7:15 p.m. on Monday, it pulled the plug, cutting off power for roughly 5,000 customers from Alder Creek to Government Camp. More than fifteen large fires (over 1,000 acres) burned both east and south of Medford. Coupled with sediment studies, they show that big fires have been a constant presence on the landscape for at least 11,000 years, leaving uniformly aged stands of Douglas-fir across Western Oregon and Washington at intervals of 100 to 250 years. At least two people were found dead: a 12-year-old boy and his grandmother, near Lyons, Oregon, west of Detroit, the Salem Statesman Journal and KHQ reported. ���� JFIF / / ���Exif MM * b j( 1 r2 ��i � � / / Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 2007:11:27 14:46:27 � �� � �� - &( . Take forest thinning and similar measures. It doesn’t even need to be a conversation.”. The fire was there. Kate Brown said Thursday afternoon that wildfires were still burning more than 900,000 acres in the state and 80,000 people have had to evacuate their homes. Oregon Public Utility Commission Chair Megan Decker issued a statement Friday addressing the potential problem. Then you get to the legislative process and a lot of those more familiar battles lines reemerged. At this point the PUC has no information attributing any specific wildfire to any specific Oregon utility. endstream 3 0 obj I: 1893-1932. At least 12 people have been reported missing in the areas affected by the North Complex fire, CBS San Francisco reported. Moreover, scientists have long pointed to the inverse relationship between fire frequency and severity on the west side – that is, fewer fires can mean more intense fires -- and they warn that fire is moving west to the overgrown forests and population centers of the Willamette Valley and southwest Oregon in an age of global warming. “We’ll learn from this and we’ll probably refine our plans,” said Joe Harwood, a utility spokesman. Press Release September 13, 2020. Likewise, a 2019 risk assessment by the Governor’s Council on Wildfire Response specifically identified areas of Clackamas, Marion and Lane counties as well as much of Southwest Oregon as areas of high and increasing wildfire risk. That recognition, however, has spurred little movement beyond the established battle lines that have characterized forestry debate in Oregon for decades. “It’s going to be a very common practice, because of climate change, because of the vegetative problems. endobj “Downed power lines can be a source of ignition and will be examined in the formal investigations that are yet to come. (ؘJ�RA� �׼0m�~�W�:�-��?�����:�cY�q��o��( Oregon Gov. But those recommendations aren’t universally popular either. And in a legislative session shortened by a Republican walkout over climate change legislation, none of them gained ground.

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