CENTRAL POINT, Ore. — A U.S. agency is being fined over an algae infestation in a Rogue Valley creek. The U.S. Forest Service faces a nearly $9,000 fine. The state’s Department of Environmental Quality says an algae mat was allowed to escape a USFS nursery and flow down into Jackson Creek. The Central Point nursery … Continue reading »
Study Shows Climate Change Impacts
MEDFORD, Ore. — A 280- page report issued this week by the U.S. Department of Agriculture warns that climate change could bring more massive wildfires and insect destruction of forests in the next 25 years. Officials with the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management say they are managing forest lands in this area with … Continue reading »
Congress Considers Fire Fight Funds
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Fires are still burning throughout Oregon and now Congress is considering providing emergency funding to help fund the fire fights. This comes as the U.S. Forest Service has exhausted it’s fire suppression fund. Senator Jeff Merkley says without emergency funding, the Forest Service would be forced to fund firefighting operations by cutting … Continue reading »
Sen. Merkley: ‘We Need Emergency Funds’
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Forest Service has exhausted their firefighting funds. The extensive fire season and the huge costs of fighting those fires is putting a strain on the federal agency. Senator Jeff Merkley is urging Senate Leaders Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell to make additional resources available. Senator Merkley said the Forest Service may … Continue reading »
Sucker Creek Restoration
NEAR OREGON CAVES, Ore. – U.S. Forest Service officials and volunteers are showing off a four year project to restore a stretch of Sucker Creek, near Oregon Caves National Monument. It’s a project that officials hope will point the way to more stream restoration projects in the Illinois Valley. Sucker Creek is splashing and gurgling … Continue reading »
