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CAVE JUNCTION, Ore. – A new wildfire is currently burning in a remote area of the Wild Rivers Ranger District. According to the U.S. Forest Service, the Josephine Fire was first reported Sunday in a “very inaccessible location” on Woodcock Mountain near Josephine Creek, just outside of the old Biscuit Fire burn scar. Woodcock Mountain is a few miles west of Cave Junction. As of Monday morning, the fire was reportedly 22 acres in size and is burning grass, brush, and pine trees. The USFS said the fire is moving slowly due to current moisture levels in the vegetation. Resources fighting t...

Fire crews respond to remote fire within the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest Officials say that the Josephine Fire is located just outside of the Biscuit Fire scar on the backside of Woodcock Mountain. Posted: May 10, 2021 12:34 PM Updated: May 10, 2021 12:36 PM Posted By: Jamie Parfitt CAVE JUNCTION, Ore. — Fire crews are working to contain a wildfire located in a remote area of the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest roughly to the west of Cave Junction. Officials from the U.S. Forest Service said that the Josephine Fire was first reported on Sunday within the Wild Rivers Ranger D...

Protecting forests is an essential strategy in the fight against climate change that has not received the attention it deserves. Trees capture and store massive amounts of carbon. And unlike some strategies for cooling the climate, they don’t require costly and complicated technology. Yet although tree-planting initiatives are popular, protecting and restoring existing forests rarely attracts the same level of support. As an example, forest protection was notably missing from the $447 million Energy Act of 2020, which the U.S. Congress passed in December 2020 to jump-start technological car...

Protecting forests is an essential strategy in the fight against climate change that has not received the attention it deserves. Trees capture and store massive amounts of carbon. And unlike some strategies for cooling the climate, they don’t require costly and complicated technology.

Protecting forests is an essential strategy in the fight against climate change that has not received the attention it deserves. Trees capture and store massive amounts of carbon. And unlike some strategies for cooling the climate, they don’t require costly and complicated technology. A mix of public and private forests in Oregon’s Coast Range. Beverly […]