-Acres of land in the Oregon State Forest system: 821,000
-Percent of Oregon forestland owned by the state: 3
-Percent of Oregon forestland owned by the federal government: 59
-Dollars budgeted for firefighting by the U.S. Forest Service: 1 billion
-Square miles burned by wildfires in the U.S. in 2014, as of July 23: 2,471
-Square miles burned by wildfires in Oregon and Washington in 2014, as of July 23: 1,394
-Number of native snake species slithering about Oregon: 15
-Number of poisonous snakes out of those 15 species: 1
-Number of feet Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach, the third largest coastal monolith in the world, rises out of the ocean: 235
-Number of years ago that the Grand Ronde Mountains lava flows created Haystack Rock: 10 to 17 million
-Number of Cooling Centers opened in Multnomah County to help the elderly and disabled residents during extreme temperatures: 4
-Number of immigration detention centers scattered across the United States as of 2011: 204
-Amount the federal government pays private detention centers per detainee per day: $80-$120
-Amount that a detainee costs the detention center per day: $30 (approx.)
The number of immigrants that the Secure Communities program designed by Congress to “detect national security threats” requires ICE to detain and deport each year: 400,000
Sources: Oregon Dept. of Forestry; Oregonian; Dept. of Housing and Urban Development; Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife; Oregon Blue Book; US Geological Survey; 211-Info; National Immigrant Justice Center
This article appears in 2014-08-01.