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PENDLETON — Criminal charges have been dismissed against Ricky Snodgrass, the U.S. Forest Service employee who was arrested for reckless burning after overseeing a prescribed fire in Grant County in October 2022.
The case was thrown out of the U.S. District Court for Oregon on June 5 by Magistrate Judge Andrew D. Hallman, prompting a flurry of reactions from both sides of the issue.
Grant County Sheriff Todd McKinley, who made the arrest after the Starr 6 fire escaped containment in the Malheur National Forest near Bear Valley and charred about 20 acres of private land, expressed disappointment and called for change in the way the Forest Service manages prescribed burns. ....
PENDLETON — Criminal charges have been dismissed against Ricky Lane Snodgrass, the U.S. Forest Service employee charged with reckless burning after overseeing a prescribed fire in Grant County in October 2022.
Charges were moved from Grant County Circuit Court to federal court in March 2024.
An evidentiary hearing was scheduled for July 11 and a jury trial was tentatively set to start Nov. 12. ....
PENDLETON — The U.S. Forest Service recently announced mushroom picking season has arrived in the Umatilla, Wallowa-Whitman and Malheur national forests. ....