In this episode of the Explore Oregon Podcast, host Zach Urness talks about plans to reopen beloved Opal Creek, the five year anniversary of the 2020 Labor Day Fires and traveling to Washington's ...

In this edition of the Explore Oregon Podcast, Zach talks with Dwayne Canfield, interim executive director of the Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center, about the wildfire damage to one of Oregon's outdoor ...

Sirens and bullhorns blared before sunrise, stirring people sleeping in tents and cabins nestled into the lush forest of Silver Falls State Park. By the time the sun rose through smoke-filled skies ...

In the late 2010s, Michelle King worked at Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument to help restore a landscape transformed by natural disaster. She didn’t know it at the time, but the work ...

George Atiyeh, an Oregon logger-turned environmental activist, went missing during wildfires last week near Opal Creek. (Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center. ) As wildfire sped toward George Atiyeh’s ...

Back in 1987, up at the mining camp at Jawbone Flats, we were discussing the Forest Service plan to build 11 miles of roads and clear-cut 1700-acres of Ancient Forest in Opal Creek. Jawbone is at the ...

George Atiyeh, the reluctant icon of Oregon’s environmental movement for his central role in saving Opal Creek from clear-cutters, has gone missing after the Beachie Creek fire roared down the Little ...

The U.S. Forest Service has approved a collection of new rules aimed at reducing conflict, overcrowding and degradation in the Opal Creek Scenic Area and around Detroit Lake. The agency said it ...

LYONS, Ore. — More than a week after the Beachie Creek Fire, fueled by extreme winds, exploded in size to become the largest of several burning in Oregon, Marion County authorities confirm one person ...

DETROIT LAKE, Ore. Sept. 22, 2020 6:08 p.m. Updated: Sept. 22, 2020 7:06 p.m. Oregonians are grieving the loss of some of their most treasured natural places after wildfires wiped out campgrounds, hot ...