PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) -- A section of Forest Service Road 4254, east of the junction of FSR 4254-800 on the Ochoco National Forest east of Prineville, is closed due to a washout, officials said Wednesday. Recent rainfall has caused significant damage, they said, rendering the road impassable to motor vehicles. To prioritize public safety, barricades and
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Discover Your Forest and the Deschutes National Forest are seeking applicants for a Young Women’s Natural Resources Career Camp that will be held August 20-23 on the Deschutes National Forest west of Sunriver. Female-identifying students entering grades 10 through 12 are invited to apply for this day camp. During the camp,
Kirtland Air Force Base, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service, and their partners celebrated the dedication of the $15.9 million upgraded USDA Forest Service Cibola National Forest and National Grasslands Air Tanker Base (ATB) today, marking a significant milestone in New Mexico’s firefighting capabilities. The new facilities will allow the base to accommodate Very Large Air Tankers (VLATs), which increase fire retardant capacities and decrease wildfire response...
After the spotted owl controversy of the 1980s, the Forest Service lost its social license to log public forests to subsidize the private timber industry. Searching for a new justification for logging, the Forest Service adopted the threat of wildfire as its new excuse for logging. To this end, the federal government has funded this More
SISKIYOU COUNTY, Calif. – The Klamath National Forest says it is going to push back the opening date of several campgrounds until mid-June. The U.S. Forest Service cites inaccessibility to the higher elevation camp areas, as a result of a good snow year and runoff from the melting snow, as the reason for the delay. […]
MODOC COUNTY, Calif. – The Modoc National Forest is preparing for thousands of people to converge on the forest this summer as part of the Rainbow Family Gathering. The Rainbow Family has existed since the 1970s and has held gatherings on public lands across the country, but the forest service said they do not have […]
CARLSBAD, N.M. (KRQE) – Samples from Cottonwood Cave in Eddy County tested positive for Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd), the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome (WNS), the U.S. Forest Service and Fish and Wildlife Service said. "The information provided in the test results will be critical in guiding our management actions,” Rhonda Stewart, a wildlife biologist for the Lincoln []
LINCOLN COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – Crews in the Smokey Bear Ranger District are currently monitoring two lightning-caused wildfire starts in the White Mountain Wilderness Area in the Lincoln National Forest. Blue Fire and Blue Fire 2 are estimated to be 10 acres in size combined. Smoke may be visible from Ruidoso, Capitan, Carrizozo, Mescalero, and highways []
Los Angeles County prosecutors charged a 40-year-old man with sexually assaulting two women in his van in a secluded part of the Angeles National Forest earlier this week. Eduardo Sarabia was charged Wednesday with one count of forcible rape and one count of forcible oral copulation, according to court records. Sarabia is accused of raping a woman after driving her to a concealed area of the forest on Sunday and then sexually assaulting a second woman in the same remote area on Monday, Los...
A 40-year-old man was arrested for two alleged sexual assaults in the Angeles National Forest, and authorities are seeking more possible victims.
LINCOLN COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – A popular recreation area in the Lincoln National Forest is closed due to staffing shortages, according to a spokesperson for the forest. The Sitting Bull Falls Recreation Area in the Guadalupe Ranger District is closed at the access point until further notice. Forest officials said they are working to be fully staffed []
On Monday night, deputies went to check a van parked on Highway 39 and ended up arresting the suspect.