U.S. Rep. Greg Walden will hold public meetings next week to listen to eastern Oregon communities about preventing and fighting catastrophic wildfire. Agency officials will be on hand in Enterprise, Canyon City, and Baker City to give an update to Walden and community members about recovery efforts.

The congressman’s Wallowa County meeting is scheduled for 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, at the Enterprise Senior Center.

Fires have burned throughout Oregon this summer. In Baker and Grant counties alone, the Cornet/Windy Ridge and Canyon Creek Complex fires have burned a combined total of over 213,000 acres and destroyed 47 homes.

At the town halls, Walden will also give an update on legislation he has championed in the House — the Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2015 — to reform federal forest policy and prevent wildfire.