The Central Oregon Fire Chiefs’ Association works with local, state and federal partners to determine when to collectively ...

"We are all glad to see it go," said ODF Forest Grove District Forester Mike Cafferata in an email sent Tuesday as the agency ...

Bert Siddoway heard the fire before he saw it, no seconds at all between the flash of lightning and the boom of thunder. The strike “shook the whole flipping town,” he said, and immedia ...

Oregon’s leaders decided for the first time to dedicate an entire state forest to storing harmful greenhouse gases to combat climate change while generating revenue from selling carbon credits. The ...

An Oregon official was suspended from his position for . . . looking “beyond gender and identity in hiring, seeking only ...

The employee faulted her boss for looking ‘beyond gender identity’ to find the candidate ‘most qualified for the job.’ ...

A top Oregon forestry official was suspended at the height of wildfire season after a complaint by his department's former DEI officer.

Megan Donecker, who formerly served as the Oregon Department of Forestry’s DEI strategy officer, complained about the ...

LGBTQ campaigner Megan Donecker says she was pushed out of the department because she was sticking up for queer rights in a ...

The Oregon Department of Administrative Services today released emails to WW responsive to a public records request regarding ...

The state has received about a dozen complaints against Oregon Department of Forestry leaders this year, with some employees ...