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HOOD RIVER — Firewood season has opened on the Mt. Hood National Forest. Personal use firewood permits are available free of charge and commercial permits may be purchased at one of the Forest’s four district offices.

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Two Mosier men are heading to the frozen plains this month to support the protesters at Standing Rock.

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On Aug. 14, The Dalles resident Yvonne Pepin-Wakefield, a local artist, drove to her rural cabin outside John Day only to find herself amid the Canyon Creek Complex fire. After four days of being evacuated from the log cabin she built at age 18, she returned home to The Dalles.But she couldn’t stop thinking about John Day.

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Conscientious Oregonians have been storing up firewood for the inevitable cool days of winter and the experienced wood-gatherers know that dry, seasoned firewood burns most efficiently, provides the most heat and smokes the least.