Coos Bay park crews cutting brush to slow wildfire spread

COOS BAY, Ore. - The City of Coos Bay's defensible space project will continue at John Topits Park over the next few weeks. The Coos Forest Protective Association will lead this phase of work to remove excessive brush in an effort to reduce the chance that a wildfire spreads through the park or into nearby neighborhoods. Crews will thin dense underbrush along the park's perimeter and in selected areas within the park.