-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 mil ...
7 Aug 2014 - Street Roots Staff
Climate scientist Susan Kaspari talks about our black carbon footprint As snowpack levels hit record lows, and wildfire seasons hit record highs, a geological sciences professor in Washington is studying the connection between forest fires and accelerated ...
27 Feb 2015 - Emily Green
Scientist Dominick DellaSala says that when it comes to forest fires, we’ve got it all wrong July 2015: On the tail of back-to-back, historically severe fire seasons, drought-stricken Oregon has lit up once again as fires began raging across the state a m ...
20 Jul 2015 - Emily Green
Kangaroo Island was home to 50,000 koalas before the bushfire crisis, and workers at its wildlife park have focused on nursing injured animals back to life We stand at the base of a gum tree looking up into its leafy canopy. Plastic laundry baskets, the t ...
11 Jun 2020 - Anastasia Safioleas
As we confront our new normal, we’re still searching for a society designed to protect people I’ve covered a few wildfire stories over the years as a newspaperman living and working in Cochise County and Tucson, Ariz.; in El Paso reporting on places like ...
11 Sep 2020 - Paul K. Haeder
Opinion | Street Roots suspended our print edition this week because of the air quality It wasn’t much, but it was pizza – a small effort at fire prevention. Mike D, a Street Roots vendor who coordinates action team outreach, and I crossed the busy St. He ...
12 Sep 2020 - Kaia Sand
As the air quality remains 'very unhealthy,' many people experiencing homelessness remain outdoors, choking on smoke Historically poor air quality brought increasing health risks to the forefront of the houseless community in Portland this week ...
16 Sep 2020 - Jessica Pollard
Some houseless campers remained in Forest Park despite thick smoke and fire risk this past week Under a blanket of sickly-colored smoke billowing overhead, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler on Sept. 10 ordered the closure of all city parks, citing the risk of fi ...
19 Sep 2020 - Henry Latourett...
In 2007, a flash flood ripped through Kathryn McKelvey’s home in a rural Oregon town, leaving her family homeless. As fires now consume the West, her story shows how the climate crisis is throwing families into poverty and homelessness. The increasing inf ...
21 Sep 2020 - Kathryn McKelvey
The eight plaintiffs say police arrested them after closing a park that was designated for unhoused campers displaced by the Almeda fire At least eight people, some of whom are homeless, say they plan to sue the city of Medford, the Medford Police Departm ...
7 Oct 2020 - Joe Opaleski