Private forestland spread across Washington and Oregon is being closed today to guard against the wildfire threat brought by a late summer heat wave.
More than 600,000 acres in Washington and Oregon will be closed to the public, Longview Timberlands announced Tuesday.
The closure affects land in more than a dozen Washington counties, including Clark, Cowlitz and Lewis counties. Land in Oregon’s Multnomah and Clackamas counties, among others, will be closed as well.
“We have decided to close our forestlands in Oregon and Washington to public access until substantial rains reduce the wildfire threat,” Blake Rowe, president of Longview Timberlands, said in a press release. “The public’s cooperation in staying out of the tree farms during this hazardous forest fire period will be much appreciated.”
For additional information on the closures, visit www.longviewtimber.com.
