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Outdoors Feds: Budget cuts will make wildfire season tougher (Photo Gallery)

By Associated Press Published: May 13, 2013 at 11:27 AM PDT Last Updated: May 13, 2013 at 4:03 PM PDT

The U.S. is heading into a tough wildfire season made even more challenging because budget cuts mean fewer firefighters to battle blazes, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said Monday.

Outdoors Photos: Partial solar eclipse (Photo Gallery)

By The Associated Press Published: May 13, 2013 at 10:49 AM PDT Last Updated: May 13, 2013 at 10:49 AM PDT

Outdoors Do you have info on Andrews Creek Fire? (Photo Gallery) (Video)

By Kat Wolcott KPIC News Published: May 13, 2013 at 9:14 AM PDT Last Updated: May 13, 2013 at 10:46 AM PDT

Authorities are still looking for anyone who might have information about how a large fire was started near Yoncalla on Friday.

Outdoors 'You don't even notice the hike back up, it feels so great going down' (Photo Gallery) (Video)

By Amanda Zitzman Published: May 10, 2013 at 11:33 AM PDT Last Updated: May 10, 2013 at 4:49 PM PDT

Snowboarding season is over, but you can still get your kicks in at the sand dunes on the Oregon Coast.

Outdoors Weather trumps sequester: 'Biggest part of our budget is snow removal' (Photo Gallery)

By LEE JUILLERAT, Klamath Falls Herald and News Published: May 9, 2013 at 2:32 PM PDT Last Updated: May 10, 2013 at 8:10 AM PDT

Unusually warm weather combined with a far below average winter snowfall means one of the expected impacts of federal sequestration will not slow the opening of roads and facilities at Crater Lake National Park.

Outdoors Early season Oregon wildfire contained at 206 acres (Photo Gallery)

By KPIC.com Staff Published: May 9, 2013 at 9:59 AM PDT Last Updated: May 9, 2013 at 10:47 AM PDT

Firefighters contained the Shively Creek Fire at 8 a.m. Thursday, capping the early season blaze at 206 acres, the Douglas Forest Protective Association said.

Outdoors Lightning sparks new fires on Umpqua National Forest

By KPIC.com staff Published: May 9, 2013 at 11:13 AM PDT Last Updated: May 9, 2013 at 11:13 AM PDT

Lightning peppered the Umpqua National Forest again on Wednesday, igniting a rash of new small forest fires.

Outdoors Shively Creek Fire 75% contained (Photo Gallery)

By KPIC.com Staff Published: May 8, 2013 at 9:40 AM PDT Last Updated: May 8, 2013 at 9:42 AM PDT

The Shively Creek Fire is 75% contained, according to the DFPA. The fire was contained to 206 acres, and it is expected to be 100 % contained by Thursday morning.

Outdoors ODOT@100: 'Roads in Oregon were simply improved paths' (Photo Gallery)

By Tom Adams KVAL News with KVAL.com staff Published: May 7, 2013 at 1:09 PM PDT Last Updated: May 7, 2013 at 1:09 PM PDT

The first horseless carriage arrived in Oregon in 1899. Early motorists shared the dirt roads with horse-drawn buggies and pack animals. So in 1913, out of the mud came the Oregon State Highway Department, later renamed ODOT in 1969.

Outdoors Action cameras gone wild

By Shannon L. Cheesman, Multimedia Journalist / Travel & Outdoors Published: May 7, 2013 at 11:55 AM PDT Last Updated: May 7, 2013 at 1:11 PM PDT

It's one of the latest trends among photographers - wearable 'action' cameras that allow us to share unique perspectives of the world around us.

Outdoors Shively Creek Fire 20% contained, no growth

By KPIC.com Staff Published: May 7, 2013 at 10:33 AM PDT Last Updated: May 7, 2013 at 10:55 AM PDT

The DFPA says the Shively Creek Fire is 20% contained, and has not grown in size since Monday.

Outdoors Photos: Oregon's Shively Creek Fire (Photo Gallery)

By KPIC.com Staff Published: May 7, 2013 at 9:58 AM PDT Last Updated: May 7, 2013 at 10:16 AM PDT

Photos of the Shively Creek Fire courtesy Kyle Reed of the Douglas Forest Protective Association.

Outdoors ODFW proposal could end some fishing on coastal rivers (Video)

By Katie LaSalle KCBY News Published: May 6, 2013 at 10:43 AM PDT Last Updated: May 6, 2013 at 11:51 PM PDT

It's a proposal that could end fishing opportunities for hatchery salmon in the Milicoma, as well as eliminate the hatchery steelhead program on the South Coos and Coquille rivers.

Outdoors Fire near Canyonville burns 180 acres as fire season ignites early (Photo Gallery) (Video)

By KPIC News Published: May 6, 2013 at 7:05 AM PDT Last Updated: May 7, 2013 at 9:11 AM PDT

A 150-acre fire southeast of Canyonville has tapped Douglas Forest Protective Association resources early in the season.

Outdoors Firefighters contain Central Oregon fires

By Associated Press Published: May 5, 2013 at 10:55 AM PDT Last Updated: May 5, 2013 at 1:17 PM PDT

The Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch Center says a 168-acre wildfire ignited by a downed power line is 75 percent contained. that sparked wildfires and forced the evacuation of several dozen homes.