In the late 2010s, Michelle King worked at Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument to help restore a landscape transformed by natural disaster. She didn’t know it at the time, but the work ...
One of the most beloved destinations in Oregon looks a lot different following the blowup of the Beachie Creek Fire. Large swaths of the 34,000-acre Opal Creek Wilderness and Recreation Area burned ...
In this edition of the Explore Oregon Podcast, Zach talks with Dwayne Canfield, interim executive director of the Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center, about the wildfire damage to one of Oregon's outdoor ...
George Atiyeh, an Oregon logger-turned environmental activist, went missing during wildfires last week near Opal Creek. (Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center. ) As wildfire sped toward George Atiyeh’s ...
The sole person unaccounted for in the Beachie Creek Fire area is George Atiyeh, the nephew of former Gov. Vic Atiyeh and icon of the fight to preserve the Opal Creek area from logging, Marion County ...
“George Atiyeh is the Hayduke of the Ancient Forests. If he went up with the forest he defended all his life, it’s the way he would have chosen to go, like Harry Truman at Mt. St. Helens. But I have ...
Start planning now for a spring or summer trip to the scenic Opal Creek area; if you go in the months ahead, be prepared for snow and wintry conditions The Opal Creek Wilderness and Scenic Recreation ...
The family of George Atiyeh, a legendary environmentalist who played a central role in saving Opal Creek from clear-cutters, has confirmed his death. Atiyeh, 72, is one of nine people to be killed in ...
Sirens and bullhorns blared before sunrise, stirring people sleeping in tents and cabins nestled into the lush forest of Silver Falls State Park. By the time the sun rose through smoke-filled skies ...
LYONS, Ore. — More than a week after the Beachie Creek Fire, fueled by extreme winds, exploded in size to become the largest of several burning in Oregon, Marion County authorities confirm one person ...
LYON, Ore. (AP) — A hero of the movement to preserve old growth forests in the Northwest is missing in one of the many wildfires scorching Oregon. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that 72-year-old ...
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