Oregon Wildfires: What Went Wrong and What Comes Next

In this episode of Oregon Discussion, Mike McLane sits down with his son Ben McLane, a veteran wildland firefighter, to discuss Oregon’s devastating fire season and what it reveals about forest health, firefighting capacity, fuel loads, and community preparedness. The conversation covers incident management, pyrocumulus fire behavior, rural fire response, homeowner mitigation, and why Oregon may need to prepare as if this is the new normal.