Crews from the Vale District of the Bureau of Land Management plan to have the Drummond Basin Fire under control today. (The Enterprise/File). MALHEUR COUNTY – Vale BLM crews expect to contain the 2,400-acre Drummond Basin Fire today. The Malheur County blaze, burning five miles south of Three Forks[Read More…]

Thunderstorms sparked six wildfires in southern Malheur County Monday night and prompted the Vale District of the Bureau of Land Management to deploy eight engines and other resources. (The Enterprise/File). UPDATE: This includes new information on Tuesday afternoon. VALE – Thunderstorms lit up the local skies Monday afternoon and continued[Read More…]

Al Crouch, fire mitigation/education specialist for the Vale District of the BLM talks about the upcoming fire season during an interview recently. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell). UPDATED WITH VIDEO: BLM crew training VALE – Calculating the severity of a fire season is a guessing game. Fire officials can measure water moisture[Read More…]

The water at the Owyhee Reservoir casts a mid-summer green glow. A recent infusion of funds from a state agency will help two conservation groups boost water quality and range improvements across Malheur County. (The Enterprise/File). ONTARIO – Two local conservation organizations received a big boost from the state recently[Read More…]

The Owyhee Basin Stewardship Coalition presented a draft plan to manage public lands in Malheur County to a group of lawmakers and officials in Washington, D.C. last month. (The Enterprise/File). VALE – A local conservation group was in the nation’s capital last month to share a draft plan for federal[Read More…]