SALEM, Ore. – Gov. Tina Kotek ordered flags at Oregon public institutions lowered to half-staff on Oct. 17 in honor of David Taylor, a federal wildlife officer who died while helping with evacuation efforts for the Railroad South Fire near Indiahoma, Oklahoma.
Taylor, 38, died on Aug. 29 while aiding evacuation efforts. He worked as a federal wildlife officer with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Taylor grew up in Scio and served as a volunteer firefighter with the Scio Rural Fire Protection District. He graduated from Scio High School in 2006 and later earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Phoenix in criminal administrative justice…