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| NEO and La Grande Contact Information |
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Oregon Department of Forestry
611 20th Street * La Grande, OR 97850
Phone:(541) 963-3168
FAX:(541) 962-1058
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Contact Information:
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| John Buckman |
District Forester |
(541) 963-3168 |
| Mark Jacques |
La Grande Unit Forester |
(541) 963-3168 |
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| About the District |
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District information, including Community Wildfire Protection Plans for Union, Baker, Wallowa, and Umatilla Counties can be found by clicking on this link:
Northeast Oregon District
Northeast Oregon District includes Union, Baker, Wallowa, and Umatilla Counties as well as portions of Malheur, Grant, and Morrow Counties. The district office is located in La Grande, and unit offices are located in Pendleton, La Grande, and Wallowa. A sub-unit office for La Grande is located in Baker City.
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| Fire Information |
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Effect 12:01 a.m. on Thursday, October 15, Fire Season is officially terminated for forestlands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry Northeast Oregon District. This includes private, state, county, municipal, and tribal lands in seven counties: Union, Baker, Wallowa, Umatilla, and small portions of Grant, Malheur, and Morrow.
With the termination of fire season, requirements such as providing fire-fighting equipment at logging sites or obtaining a burning permit for burn barrels are no longer in effect. However, the act of terminating fire season does not relieve landowners or logging operators of any lawful responsibilities concerning the safe burning of any debris or slash. "We have terminated the 2009 fire season due to significantly reduced fire danger caused by the continuation of cool and wet weather." says Matt Howard, Wildland Fire Supervisor for the Wallowa Unit of the Oregon Department of Forestry. Matt would like to reiterate the need for being cautious regarding burning practices.
Specific Smoke Management/Burning Advisory Information:
- Unless you are in a rural or city fire department protection area, burn permits for burn barrels and small amounts of yard debris are not required. If you are under the protection of a rural or city fire department, please call and ask what their burning restrictions are.
- Burning of slash from forestry and logging activities requires a Notification of Operation/PDM from the Oregon Department of Forestry. In addition to this permit, the local Oregon Department of Forestry office must be contacted prior to ignition.
- Before burning in northeast Oregon, it is important to check weather conditions related to smoke management. For smoke management forcasts call (541) 963-9781 or visit the following website http://www.oregon.gov/ODF/FIRE/fire.shtml#Smoke_Management.
The Northeast Oregon District of the Oregon Department of Forestry would like to thank forest landowners, forest operators and the public for their efforts in fire prevention, detection, and suppression activities this season.
For further information, contact your local Oregon Department of Forestry office:
| LaGrande Unit |
541-963-3168 |
| Baker City Sub-Unit |
541-523-5831 |
| Wallowa Unit |
541-886-2881 |
| Pendleton Unit |
541-276-3491 |
To report a fire, call 9-1-1.
Information about Industrial Precaution Levels and Regulated Use Closures
More information about forest protection and fire prevention for the Northeast Oregon District.
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