FireFest occurs every October at Jonathan Dickinson State Park. The event has hay rides, live music, food trucks, kids' activities and nature tours. Fire crews demonstrate controlled burns for the ...

There’s been an increased interest over the past few years in how prescribed burning can decrease risks of forest fires and help with conservation efforts. The Register-Guard talked with an expert to ...

Bill Newman, who manages Top Ranch in Grant County, Ore., said wildfires happen in the region every year to some degree. “The fires aren’t the problem. The problem is the fuels built up on the ...