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The INDEPENDENT, July 18, 2002
It’s official: Fire season has started, summer burning bans in place
Rapidly drying conditions in
northwest forests have caused
Oregon Department of Forestry
officials to impose public re
strictions in northwest Oregon.
The restrictions prohibit the
non-industrial use of chainsaws
land ban all campfires.
Fire officials urge everyone
using forested areas to avoid
activities that could cause a
wildfire. According to Rolf Er-
landson, Protection Supervisor
at Columbia City, the woods
are drying rapidly and the po
tential for a large fire exists.
“With our recent hot weather,
forest areas are getting very
dry. Its time for us to tighten re
strictions to prevent recreation-
related fires.”
The following restrictions are
now in effect for lands in Wash
ington, Yamhill, Tillamook, Clat
sop, Columbia and parts of
Multnomah County protected
by the Oregon Department of
Forestry:
1. No smoking while travel
ing, except in vehicles on im
proved roads, in boats on the
water and at designated loca-
County funds for dust abatement
have run out for summer of 2002
Washington County’s cost
sharing dust abatement pro
gram operated by the Depart
ment of Land Use and Trans
portation, has expended the
$40,000 available for this year.
The program, which assists rur
al residents in their fight against
traffic-generated dust on coun
ty-maintained gravel roads, re
imburses applicants 50-percent
of the cost of the work.
To qualify for the program,
applicants obtain a free dust
abatem ent perm it from the
county prior to treating the
road, then furnish a receipt that
indicates proof of payment. Af
ter verification that the product
has been placed, applicants
are reimbursed.
Interested parties should
mark their calendars for next
spring to contact county Road
Operations at 503-846-7623 for
a permit. The permit also helps
coordinate county road grading
with the application of dust mit
igation material to roads by pri
vate contractors.
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2. No open fires are allowed,
including campfires, charcoal
fires, cooking fires and warm
ing fires, except at designated
locations. Portable cooking
stoves using liquefied or bottled
fuels are allowed.
3. Chainsaw use is prohibit
ed between the hours of 1:00
p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
4. Motorized vehicles, in
cluding motorcycles and all ter
rain vehicles are prohibited, ex-
cept on improved roads.
5. Fireworks are prohibited.
6. Cutting, grinding and
welding of metal is prohibited.
7. Possession of one shovel
and one gallon of water is re
quired while traveling, except
on state and county roads.
These restrictions are in ad
dition to fire season regulations
already in effect on commercial
logging operations. Cable yard
ing, power saws, hauling and
other spark emitting operations
are restricted under what are
known as Industrial Fire Pre
caution Levels. A current infor
mation recording on Industrial
Fire Precaution Levels and lo
cal fire season regulations for
the public may be obtained by
calling 503-397-2636.
Once fire season has been
declared, the burning ban is
also applied in the Vernonia,
Mist-Birkenfeld and Banks Rur
al Fire Protection Districts.
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