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Workers cutting rebar ignited grass fire near Springfield subdivision
51+ min ago (485+ words) The neighborhood is within a high-risk area, as spelled out in a new wildfire protection plan, where the edge of the city meets a more forested and wilder landscape. Construction work sparked a fast-moving grass fire Wednesday, Aug. 12, in southeast…...
Oregon wildfire season has blazed past all records, with no end in sight
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (579+ words) The record 2.3 million acres burned have far surpassed the previous 2024 record — even before the peak season has arrived. On recent days in Prineville, smoke from the nearby Rowe Creek Complex wildfire feels “thick enough to cut with a knife,” said…...
Firefighters race to contain active wildfire in hills south of Cottage Grove
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (342+ words) The blaze quickly reached 55 acres, to become the largest fire in Lane County so far this season. Fire crews were attacking a 55-acre wildfire burning roughly 16 miles south of Cottage Grove on land protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry....
Air quality expected to improve Thursday afternoon, Friday??
1+ week, 1+ day ago (477+ words) The Willamette Valley has experienced its worst smoke event since the 2020 Holiday Farm Fire, but Pacific winds are expected to dispel the smoke. Air quality in the Eugene-Springfield area was still listed as “unhealthy” as of 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug....
Raging wildfires, Smokey Bear and the lessons we've failed to heed
1+ week, 1+ day ago (606+ words) In a hot summer when headlines are aflame with reports of wildfires, it’s easy to think that fires are all bad. For years, that’s what Smokey Bear told us. As the climate warms, the fire season seems to get longer…...
Health risk assessment yet to start as Weyerhaeuser renews air permit
1+ week, 3+ day ago (647+ words) Weyerhaeuser is seeking to renew an air permit for its west Eugene plant, which emits hazardous pollutants like methanol but has yet to complete a health risk assessment required under Oregon's Cleaner Air Oregon program. For its plant in west…...
Red flag warning ends in Eugene-Springfield
1+ week, 3+ day ago (861+ words) The dry landscape and gusting winds created prime conditions for wildfire in Lane County Monday, Aug. 3. A red flag warning was in effect for including Eugene and Springfield from 1 p.m. through 8 p.m. It has since ended, and no major fires started in…...
Live updates: Fire weather in Eugene-Springfield
1+ week, 4+ day ago (499+ words) The dry landscape and gusting winds are creating prime conditions for wildfire in Lane County. A red flag warning is in effect for much of central Lane County —including Eugene, Springfield, and Cottage Grove — until 8 p.m. Monday, Aug. 3. Meanwhile,…...
An oak prairie becomes one neighborhood's last line of defense
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1386+ words) A new Eugene-Springfield wildfire protection plan identifies Willamette Heights and Dorris Ranch as areas of "significant" risk. At Dorris Ranch, land managers are restoring a native oak prairie — using prescribed burns and fuel reduction — to create a buffer between wildlands…...
UO physics professor talks about his advocacy for quantum technology, then and now
2+ week, 3+ day ago (1752+ words) Michael Raymer, a semiretired University of Oregon physics professor, helped push to create the National Quantum Initiative. Now, he is among the scientists worried about how politics could interfere with scientific research in the United States. To harness what’s known…...