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Wildfire Awareness Month: What Pacific Northwest Residents Should Do Right Now to Prepare
With forecasters warning of an above-normal 2026 fire season in the Pacific Northwest, fire agencies are urging residents to use Wildfire Awareness Month to create defensible space, plan evacuations, and practice fire-safe behaviors — starting today.
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BLM and U.S. Wildland Fire Service Impose Fire Restrictions on All Oregon and Washington Public Lands Starting May 14
The BLM and U.S. Wildland Fire Service are implementing fire restrictions on all BLM-administered lands in Oregon and Washington beginning May 14, prohibiting fireworks, exploding targets, and incendiary devices as officials warn 2026 could be an extreme fire year.
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Wildfire Awareness Month: What Pacific Northwest Homeowners Should Do Right Now
With a historically dangerous fire season ahead, May is the right time for Pacific Northwest homeowners to build defensible space, prepare go-bags, and know their evacuation zone before the first spark flies.
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BLM Implements Fire Restrictions Across Oregon and Washington Starting May 14
BLM and the U.S. Wildland Fire Service will ban fireworks, exploding targets, and incendiary devices on all BLM lands in Oregon and Washington beginning May 14, citing extreme drought and heat risk.
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Wildfire Awareness Month: Oregon State Fire Marshal Urges Homeowners to Start With the First Five Feet
The Oregon State Fire Marshal is kicking off Wildfire Awareness Month by urging homeowners to focus on the first five feet around their homes — where ember ignition is most likely — and to prepare evacuation plans before fire season peaks.
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Oregon Governor Warns of Severe 2026 Wildfire Season Fueled by Record-Low Snowpack and Drought
Gov. Tina Kotek warns that the 2026 Oregon wildfire season — already underway — could be severe and long-lasting, driven by record-low snowpack, drought, and above-normal temperatures forecast through fall.
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Burning to Protect: PNW Prescribed Fire Season and What's Planned for 2026
Land managers across Oregon and Washington are expanding prescribed burn programs in 2026, using carefully planned low-intensity fires to reduce the catastrophic fuel loads that drive destructive wildfires.