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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In this episode of the Explore Oregon Podcast, host Zach Urness gives an update on the fast-developing wildfire season in Oregon and then dives into how beloved places such as the Opal Creek area ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The road into the Little North Santiam Canyon and Opal Creek area will remain closed for a third straight summer but could begin ...

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 ...

After years of fires, trail closures and permit hassles, there are still bright spots for hikers, like the recently reopened trail to Battle Ax. The tallest peak in the Bull of the Woods Wilderness, ...

A massive swath of public land previously closed by wildfires, including the 2020 Labor Day fires, has reopened east of Salem and Eugene in Willamette National Forest. For the first time in two years, ...

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