Explore Oregon Podcast: How bad will 2024 Oregon wildfire season be?

In this episode of the Explore Oregon Podcast, host Zach Urness talks about the wildfire forecast for the summer of 2024 and the fires burning right now.

Urness lays out what type of wildfire season is expected using interviews with fire weather meteorologists, who explain how drought, fuel moisture and El Niño to La Niña weather patterns could impact wildfires across the state this summer.

Urness breaks down the hot spots for fire danger, and where active wildfires have already had an impact on summer 2024 in the state.

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Zach Urness has been an outdoors reporter in Oregon for 16 years and is host of the Explore Oregon Podcast. Urness is the author of “Best Hikes with Kids: Oregon” and “Hiking Southern Oregon.” He can be reached at zurness@StatesmanJournal.com or (503) 399-6801. Find him on X at @ZachsORoutdoors.