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By Suzi Johnson Acting Modoc National Forest Supervisor with family at the Sisters Rodeo Parade The Modoc National Forest is pleased to welcome Ian Reid as the interim Forest Supervisor for the next 120 days, […]

A wildfire burning in the Jess Valley area of the South Warner Mountains, named the Valley Fire, has been mapped at 536 acres as of Wednesday evening, according to the Modoc National Forest Service (USFS). […]

On Wednesday August 14th at about 7 am, Modoc County Sheriff’s Deputies served a search warrant on Schneider Ranch Road near Day, California. When deputies arrived, they located several individuals actively processing marijuana in a […]

A new fire broke out in Modoc this week, which fortunately was seen from a look out and crews were dispatched quickly. The Pencil Fire was reported at around 2:11 p.m. on Monday the 23rd […]

Photo by Daree Grier The BLM Northern California District, with support from U.S. Forest Service and CalFire crews responded to a fire in Likely, Ca on Sunday July 7th. The fire originally started off Highway […]

By Suzi Johnson California Department of Water Resources and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife have issued an Algal mat alert for Turner Creek ~0.6mi above Pit River near or on the Modoc National […]

What should of been just a mechanical stop for a tail light ended up being a high speed chase A high-speed chase on Highway 395 Tuesday night, June 11th, resulted in the arrest of two […]

By: Chelsea Bacon A recent study by Oregon State University (OSU), partially funded by Klamath County, has highlighted the severe economic repercussions of water shortages on farms and ranches in the Upper Klamath Basin. According […]

By Chelsea Bacon Smoke came into Modoc County earlier last week after a man out of Chico, Ronnie Dean Stout II, pushed his car that was set on fire into a gully near the Alligator […]

As the camping season draws near, visitors to Modoc National Forest are urged to exercise responsible recreation, with new restrictions set to take effect to safeguard the forest’s natural resources. Starting Sunday, April 14, 2024, […]