Science In Oregon Timber Country, a Town Buys the Surrounding Forests to Confront Climate-Driven Wildfires A logger, forester and former mayor joined forces to help Butte Falls manage its forests to ...

With a population of just 400 people, Butte Falls is a speck in an ocean of remote timberland, much of it burned. The community is tucked into a vast forest of pine and fir about 35 miles from the ...

Nearly four years after the Santiam fire swept through the Santiam Canyon, burning nearly 400,000 acres, killing several people and destroying homes in nearby towns, one of the area’s most beloved ...

This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is republished here through the Climate Desk partnership. With a population of just 400 people, Butte Falls, Oregon, is a speck in an ...

The good news came in late September of 2020: Butte Creek Falls had somehow avoided being burned during the Labor Day fires blowup. At the time, it seemed like a small miracle given the number of ...

Access to popular Butte Creek Falls will remain closed until at least next spring after a timber company missed its deadline to clear fire-burned trees from the roads leading to it. The popular ...

The High Lakes Recreation Area of Santiam State Forest, including popular Rhody Lake, reopened this month after being closed ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Butte Creek Falls in the Santiam State Forest will reopen on June 21 after the trail was closed for nearly four years following the 2020 wildfires. The deadly Beachie Creek ...

Access to popular Butte Creek Falls will remain closed until at least next spring after a timber company missed its deadline to clear fire-burned trees from the roads leading to it. The popular ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced an Oregon bat won its ‘Bat Beauty Contest’ for the second year in a row. William ShakespEAR, a Townsend’s big-eared bat from Butte ...