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Fire season and Public Use Restrictions Begin Monday, July 1, 2024

Jun 28, 2024 | Fire Season

Oregon Department of Forestry has declared the West Oregon District is now in fire season. All Starker Forests gates are closed. No camping, campfires or smoking allowed in Starker Forests. You are our eyes when you are in the forests. If you see smoke or something of concern, please contact the authorities.

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Various duties come together to completion

Sept. 11, 2023 Last week was my second to last week at Starker Forests. Monday was off for Labor Day, but we got right back into the swing of things Tuesday. Again, we were surveying streams in the “Mid N Norton Hill” unit in the Norton Hill Tree Farm outside of...

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Rain and technology don’t work well together

Sept. 4, 2023 Week 11 at Starker was a short one for me; I started Tuesday. I had the opportunity to work with Reece and Sage (Reece’s dog) that day and it was fun. I helped Reece complete a unit layout by finding timber typelines and learned about flagging property...

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