Grayback Forestry News Today

JACKSONVILLE & SALEM, Ore. -- A Jacksonville fire resilience project today is getting used as an example of success from the Oregon State Fire Marshal.

With fire costs rising and forest revenues shrinking, the federal government created an industrial complex around wildfire. Then it failed to rein in spending.

Everyone who lives in a small rural community knows the sound of the fire hall siren, the urgent wail that calls firefighters to their duty.

BEAR VALLEY — On Wednesday, Oct. 19, a federal Forest Service Employee was arrested for Reckless Burning by Grant County Sheriff Todd McKinley after a scheduled prescribed burn, which had

BEAR VALLEY — When Rick Snodgrass approached Grant County Sheriff Todd McKinley on the county road, he thought the sheriff was there to help him.

A predawn thunderstorm sparked numerous fires throughout the Rogue Valley Wednesday, sending firefighters from multiple agencies out to work early in remote areas. Oregon Department of Forestry estim...

A half-dozen local river guides spent 28 hours Monday and Tuesday transporting firefighters through the Lower Rogue Canyon after the Hotshots were dropped from helicopters over the weekend to dig fire...

A grass fire northwest of Howard Prairie Lake appears to be under control after firefighters with Oregon Department of Forestry, Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest and Grayback Forestry responded to...

MT. VERNON — Fire crews with the Oregon Department of Forestry, the Malheur National Forest and Grayback Forestry battled a 200-acre blaze that broke out around 1:30 p.m. Monday, Aug.

MT. VERNON — Fire crews with the Oregon Department of Forestry, the Malheur National Forest and Grayback Forestry battled a 200-acre blaze that broke out around 1:30 p.m. Monday, Aug.