Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the late 2010s, Michelle King worked at Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument to help restore a landscape transformed by ...

In this episode of the Explore Oregon Podcast, host Zach Urness talks about plans to reopen beloved Opal Creek, the five year anniversary of the 2020 Labor Day Fires and traveling to Washington's ...

Oregonians may be able to return this spring and summer to some of their favorite places that burned in the 2020 Labor Day Fires east of Eugene and Salem. The U.S. Forest Service plans to reopen some ...

Popular sites in the Opal Creek area like Three Pools and Shady Cove Campground could reopen in 2026, with full road access restored in 2027. The Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center at Jawbone Flats ...

Vast swaths of land that have been closed since the historic 2020 Labor Day fires finally reopened this month, including Opal Creek Wilderness—one of the last low-elevation, old-growth forests in the ...

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 ...

Before it obtained wilderness status, the Opal Creek watershed was popular with hikers, bikers, backpackers, nature lovers and history buffs. And with people who were curious to see a forest of ...

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 ...