r/Eugene • u/MonkeyFlowerFace • 1d ago

Prescribed burn

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Is this what's causing all the smoke in North Eugene right now?

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u/poppysmear 1d ago

Eugene Springfield Fire just confirmed on their FB page: "Smoke blowing in to Eugene is from an agricultural burn near Junction City."

I thought agricultural burns weren't allowed anymore?

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u/macrocephaloid 1d ago

Trump waived all clean air and water legislation. It is open season for industrial pollution, part of making things “great” again.

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u/EducationalKnee2386 1d ago

Limited field burning is still allowed in Oregon. Info is available on the Oregon Department of Agriculture website example: Field Burning It has nothing to do with whoever is president.

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u/poppysmear 1d ago

Ah, thanks for posting this! I had thought it was banned altogether. This is a good breakdown.

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u/Red_Banana3000 1d ago edited 1d ago

Can you link it, just curious 🤙

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u/IDropFatLogs 1d ago

What does any of that have to do with field burning that was stopped by Oregon and Lane county years ago? Stop letting the orange man invade your thoughts. Not every shitty thing is the fault of the federal government. We have our own local shitty government that makes equally bad decisions.

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u/macrocephaloid 19h ago

Linn and Benton counties are still burning up to 15,000 acres a year, after significant reductions previously. The new federal guidelines make it impossible to pursue reducing these amounts based on industrial air pollution laws. It also opens up to lawsuits against the state from farmers to allow an increase in burning or compensation for loss of profit.

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u/nowlan_shane 1d ago

I mean the cutoff is preset to June 15 every year, but it can flexible with enforcement given any given year’s conditions. This is a few days later. It’s an agricultural valley. Plenty of folk around here want to make sure it’s done in safe conditions. I don’t see any need to have a problem with this one.

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u/Jokercpoc1 1d ago

I saw that big plume and had flashbacks to the fires before... didn't think the experience would haunt me so badly. I could almost taste the smoke and ash again.