LANE COUNTY – Officials are urging residents to prepare for wildfire season, after outlook maps predict a greater-than-usual likelihood of significant wildfires for much of the state as early as next month.
“We’re looking at a brutal summer. I don’t know any other way to describe it than that,” said U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden during a news conference in Springfield last week.
Based on the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) map for June, the northern…
