Deschutes & Ochoco National Forests
Crooked River National Grassland

Local Area News Releases

The Central Oregon Office of Communications serves the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests and the Prineville District of the BLM.

News Releases are organized by year and new ones are added as soon as possible after release.

2004

December

• Jim Caplan Signs Record of Decision for the Diamond Lake Restoration Project (12/20)
• Agencies Call For Community Assistance, Fire Mitigation Proposals (12/17)
• Natural History Snowshoe Tours Begin This Weekend (12/17)
• Agreement Improves Wildlife Protection (12/14)
• Deschutes National Forest Offers Free Snowshoe Tours (12/14)
• National Grassland Burns Reduce Subdivision Fire Danger (12/14)
• Forest Service Officials Concerned About Avalanche Danger (12/9)
• Firewood Season Comes to a Close (12/8)
• No Parking Signs Posted Along Cascade Lakes Highway (12/6)
• Debris Piles To Be Burned Near Subdivision (12/6)
• Deschutes National Forest Develops Crescent Lake Sites (12/3)
• Pile Burning Reduces Fire Hazards Near Subdivision (12/3)
• Ochoco National Forest Cabin Rental Available On-Line (12/3)
• Prineville BLM Welcomes New Associate District Manager (12/1)

November

• Federal Land Management Offices Closed Thanksgiving Day (11/23)
• New Dutchman Flat/Tumalo Mountain Winter Recreation Rules Revised (11/22)
• Ochoco and Deschutes National Forests Christmas Tree Permits (11/19)
• Brush Piles To Be Burned Near Subdivisions (11/17)
• Bridge Closure Will Affect Off-Highway Vehicle Trail Users (11/4)
• Deschutes Provincial Advisory Committee Meeting Scheduled (11/3)
• Deschutes National Forest Headquarters To Relocate (11/1)

October

• Deschutes National Forest Seeking Winter Program Volunteers (10/29)
• Part-Time AmeriCorps Educational Award Placement Opportunities (10/29)
• Teachers: Project SNOW Reservations Available November 1! (10/29)
• Washington Office News Release - Forest Service Announces National Strategy to Combat Invasive Species (10/28)
• Deschutes National Forest Begins Fall Pile Burning (10/22)
• Deschutes National Forest Headquarters To Relocate (10/22)
• Award Recognizes Central Oregon Forest Service Employees (10/19)
• Fire Specialists Burn West Of Sunriver (10/15)
• Controlled Burn Intended To Protect Sisters Subdivision (10/15)
• Crooked River National Grassland Announces Decision for Vegetation Management/Grazing Environmental Impact Statement (10/14)
• Controlled Burn To Reduce Fire Danger Along Escape Route (10/13)
• Controlled Burn Planned Southeast Of Bend (10/13)
• Interagency News Release - Agencies More Than Tripled Hazardous Fuel Reduction Efforts from 2000 (10/12)
• Forest Supervisor Approves $1,052,366 in Advisory Committee Resource Projects (10/7)
• Fall Controlled Burns To Begin On Ochoco National Forest (10/6)
• Ochoco National Forest Campground Concession Permit Available in 2005 (10/5)

September

• Controlled Burn Planned West of Sunriver (9/30)
• Controlled Burn Planned Four Miles West Of Sisters (9/30)
• Region 6 News Release - USDA Forest Service seeks comments on invasive weed plan (9/29)
• Inmates, Bend Metro Parks Reduce Shevlin Park Fire Threats (9/28)
• Controlled Burn Planned North of Wickiup Reservoir (9/27)
• Controlled Burn Completed Northwest Of La Pine (9/24)
• Public health advisory lifted for Wickiup Reservoir, Deschutes County (9/24)
• Fall Controlled Burns Aid Scientists, Reduce Fire Hazards (9/23)
• Helicopter To Ignite Controlled Burns (9/23)
• Controlled Burn Completed Near Pine Mountain (9/22)
• Health advisory lifted at Paulina Lake (9/17)
• Davis Fire Recovery Project Record Of Decision Released (9/17)
• Brush Piles Burned In Crescent Lake Campground (9/16)
• Brush Piles Burned Near Wickiup Reservoir (9/14)
• Paulina Lake Health Advisory Changed (9/10)
• Controlled Burn Aids Scientists Studying Fire Effects (9/8)
• Construction Begins On Cultus Lake Boat Launch (9/7)
• Health advisory: algae bloom at Paulina Lake in Deschutes County (9/3)
• Algae advisory lifted for Crane Prairie Reservoir, Deschutes County (9/3)
• Columbia Drag Boat Races Coming to Haystack Reservoir September 11-12 (9/2)
• Volunteers Help Wildlife Obtain Water (9/1)

August

• Matsutake Mushroom Season Opens September 7th (8/31)
• Region 6 News Release - USDA Forest Service seeks comments on invasive weed plan (8/27)
• Crane Prairie Reservoir Health Advisories For Boating Lifted (8/27)
• Volunteers sought for National Public Lands Day 2004 (8/27)
• Cultus Lake Boat Launch Closed For Reconstruction (8/26)
• BLM Officials to Begin Fall Prescribed Burning (8/24)
• Industrial Fire Precaution Level Lowered To Level Two (8/23)
• Blue-Green Algae Levels Increase In Portions Of Crane Prairie Reservoir (8/23)
• Central Oregon Firefighters Contain More Than 120 Fires (8/18)
• Sen. Wyden, Rep. Walden, Agriculture Sec. Veneman Attend Bend Pine Nursery Ceremony (8/17)
• Health advisory lifted at Odell Lake (8/16)
• Summit Springs Complex Final Update (8/15)
• Summit Springs Complex Update (8/15)
• Summit Springs Complex Update (8/14)
• Summit Springs Fire Complex (8/14)
• Bend Pine Nursery Transfer (8/13)
• Ochoco National Forest Road Construction Improves Fish Passage (8/12)
• Central Oregon Firefighters Successful At Keeping Fires Small (8/12)
• Civilian Conservation Corps Alumni, AmeriCorps Members Dedicate Historic Site (8/9)
• Blue-Green Algae Levels Decrease Significantly At Deschutes National Forest Lakes (8/6)
• Eyerly Fire Salvage Project Record Of Decision Signed (8/3)

July

• Summer Fun Continues at Lower Deschutes River Interpretive Center (7/30)
• Central Oregon Arson Task Force Investigates Log Springs Fire (7/30)
• Air Tanker Returns To Redmond Air Center (7/30)
• New Computerized System Prioritizes Firefighting Equipment (7/29)
• Blue-Green Algae Levels Decrease In Cascade Lakes (7/29)
• Lightning Causes 42 Central Oregon Fires (7/26)
• Deschutes National Forest Seeks AmeriCorps Candidates (7/23)
• Willamette N.F. News Release -- Civilian Conservation Corps Reunion Picnic (7/23)
• Health Advisory Changed At Some Cascade Lakes (7/23)
• Deschutes Conservation Camp Completes Sixth Year Reducing Wildand Fire Risks in Deschutes County (7/19)
• Forest Service Road Closures Planned Near Sisters (7/14)
• Prineville BLM Lifts Seasonal Wildlife Closure in Dry River Canyon (7/13)
• Lava Lands Visitor Center hosts “Celebrating Imagination,” Warm Springs Reservation Tribal Youth Art Exhibit (7/7)
• Washington Office News Release -- Forest Service Releases Draft Policy on Off-Highway Vehicle Use in National Forests and Grasslands (7/7)
• Eyerly Fire Salvage Project Environmental Impact Statement Released (7/2)
• Lightning Ignites Several Central Oregon Wildland Fires (7/1)
• Health Advisory Posted For Crane Prairie Reservoir (7/1)

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