Are We Next
The Source Weekly reflects on the devastating wildfires raging in the west and asks what the future of Central Oregon may bring.
By
Laurel Brauns
The Source
September 16, 2020
With 10% of the people in Oregon under some type of evacuation order, and roughly 1 million acres burned throughout the state, there's plenty of reason to believe that out-of-control wildfires could reach Bend in the coming years.
While the future is impossible to predict, Central Oregon may be more protected than other parts of the state and California...