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PENDLETON — The following is the Monday, Aug. 10, update on the Paradise and Hagen fires in the Umatilla National Forest from Northern Rockies Team 6 Incident Commander Rich Cowger. Fire Information 541-970-7128 2026paradise@firenet.gov inciweb.wildfire.gov Facebook and YouTube Hagen Fire Size: 49,638 acres Containment: 11% Personnel: 827 Paradise Fire Size: 3,155 acres Containment: 0% Personnel: 340 KEY MESSAGE — FIRE GROWS TO 204 HIGHWAY The Hagen Fire reached Highway 204 on Sunday, Aug. 9. The highway will remain closed for the foreseeable future to protect firefighter and public safety. Several spots landed on the east side of the road, but firefighters managed to contain all of them and will remain vigilant for future spots. Firefighters will implement defensive burn operations in the Sprout Springs area if conditions allow. Continued structure assessment and preparation will take place Monday in the Tollgate area. On Monday, fire activity is expected to be similar to Sunday. Firefighters have two options when fighting fire: going direct or indirect. When firefighters go direct, suppression efforts directly next to the fire, which limits the footprint of the fire. They are only able to do this when terrain and conditions allow. They cannot “go direct” when the area...

முழு கதையையும் படியுங்கள் ஆந்த்ரோபோசீன் இதழில். மேலும் பார்க்க: Erdle, LM, Fulfer, V., Anderson, L., Cowger, W., & Eriksen, M. (2025). வணிக ஆடை உலர்த்திகள்: காற்றில் நுண்ணுயிர் உமிழ்வுகளின் ஆதாரம். சுற்றுச்சூழல் ஆராய்ச்சி தொடர்புகள், 7(11), 111002. ஃபுல்ஃபர், விஎம், லோ, சி., வாங், எஸ்., அரியென்சோ, எம்எம், லின், டி., & எர்டில், எல். (2025). வான்வழி மைக்ரோஃபைபர் பிடிப்பு: இரண்டாம் நிலை வடிகட்டுதல், ஆடை உலர்த்திகளில் இருந்து மைக்ரோஃபைபர் உமிழ்வை வடிகட்டுவதற்கான ஒரு தீர்வு.

Read the full story in Anthropocene Magazine. See also: Erdle, L. M., Fulfer, V., Anderson, L., Cowger, W., & Eriksen, M. (2025). Commercial clothes dryers: A source of microfiber emissions to air. Environmental Research Communications, 7(11), 111002.  Fulfer, V. M., Lo, C., Wang, S., Arienzo, M. M., Lin, D., & Erdle, L. (2025). Airborne microfiber capture: Secondary filtration a solution to filter microfiber emissions from clothing dryers. 

Erdle, L. M., Fulfer, V., Anderson, L., Cowger, W., & Eriksen, M. (2025). Commercial clothes dryers: A source of microfiber emissions to air. Environmental Research Communications, 7(11), 111002. Abstract                            Background Microfibers from textiles are a major source of microplastic pollution, yet emissions from dryers are poorly studied.              Objectives This study quantifies microfiber emissions from commercial dryers and explores deposition around laundromats.             

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Wanda C. Malone, 80, of River Forest, died on Oct. 14, 2025. Born on Feb. 22, 1945, in Sutherland, Nebraska, to Winfield and Bernice (née Blauer) Cowger, shewas raised in North Platte, Nebraska, where she graduated from high school and became an active member of the Rebekahs, who sponsored her time in Washington D.C. Upon […]