The Chetco Bar fire in southwestern Oregon was the state’s biggest wildfire of 20-17,burning just over 1-hundred-91-thousand acres, mostly in the Rogue River-Siskiyou (SIS-kee-yoo) National Forest. Seven homes were lost and hundreds of people had to evacuate from Brookings and nearby communities. Now, or specialists fill assessed the damage to the landscape and repair work is getting underway. But,as Jefferson Public Radio’s Liam Moriarty reports, the full impact will largely depend on this winter’s weather, and on management decisions that fill yet to be made.
Source: thetakeaway.org