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The Chemult Ranger District of the Fremont-Winema National Forest will begin prescribed fire operations starting the week of October 25th through December 31st as weather and air conditions permit. Pile Burning – 647 acres of prescribed pile burning planned, located approximately in various locations east of Highway 97, approximately 40 miles from Chemult. The prescribed fire activities will: Remove hazardous fuels from earlier thinning treatments and brush.Improve firefighter safety during future suppression activities.Improve wildlife habitat in the area and create more resilient forests. For visitor and firefighter safety: Watch for prescribed fire signs in the areaBe aware of smoke in the area both during and after ignitions, which may affect visibility on area roadsIncreased fire personnel and vehicles in the area and additional Forest Service traffic For more information, please contact Chemult Ranger District Assistant Fire Management Officer Ken Gregor at 541-365-7057,...

The Chemult Ranger District of the Fremont-Winema National Forest will begin prescribed fire operations starting the week of October 25th through December 31st as weather and air conditions permit. Pile Burning – 647 acres of prescribed pile burning planned, located approximately in various locations east of Highway 97, approximately 40 miles from Chemult. The prescribed fire activities will: Remove hazardous fuels from earlier thinning treatments and brush.Improve firefighter safety during future suppression activities.Improve wildlife habitat in the area and create more resilient forests. For visitor and firefighter safety: Watch for prescribed fire signs in the areaBe aware of smoke in the area both during and after ignitions, which may affect visibility on area roadsIncreased fire personnel and vehicles in the area and additional Forest Service traffic For more information, please contact Chemult Ranger District Assistant Fire Management Officer Ken Gregor at 541-365-7057,...

The Lakeview Ranger District of the Fremont-Winema National Forest will begin prescribed fire operations starting October 26, 2017 as weather and air quality conditions permit. West Drews Units 8, 9, 15, 16 – located 5 miles west of Drews Valley in the Secret Valley area. 1,000 acres of planned accomplishment. The prescribed fire activities will: Remove hazardous fuels from earlier thinning treatments and brush.Improve firefighter safety during future suppression activities.Improve wildlife habitat in the area and create more resilient forests. For visitor and firefighter safety: Watch for prescribed fire signs in the areaBe aware of smoke in the area both during and after ignitions, which may affect visibility on area roadsIncreased fire personnel and vehicles in the area and additional Forest Service traffic For more information, please contact Lakeview Ranger District Assistant Fire Management Officer Coley Neider at 541-219-2126 or Fire Information Officer Sarah Saarloos at...

The Chiloquin Ranger District of the Fremont-Winema National Forest will begin prescribed fire operations starting October 26, 2017 as weather and air quality conditions permit. Ninemile Natural Fuels Units 1 & 3 (WUI) – located 5 miles east of Chiloquin south of milepost 5 on Sprague River Road near Corbell Butte. 265 acres of planned accomplishment.Ninemile Natural Fuels Unit 43 (WUI) – located 10-11 miles west of Chiloquin north of Sprague River Road between mileposts 11 and 13. 45 acres of planned accomplishment. Yosshouse Natural Fuels Units 1 & 9 – located 15-20 miles northeast of Chiloquin in the Yoss Ridge area. Unit 1 is adjacent to the “Kirk” or Forest Road 43. Units total approximately 75 acres of planned accomplishment. The prescribed fire activities will: Improve wildlife habitat in the area and create more resilient forestsRemove hazardous fuels from earlier thinning treatments and brushImprove firefighter safety during future wildfires For visitor and...

The Lakeview Ranger District of the Fremont-Winema National Forest will begin prescribed fire operations starting October 26, 2017 as weather and air quality conditions permit. West Drews Units 8, 9, 15, 16 – located 5 miles west of Drews Valley in the Secret Valley area. 1,000 acres of planned accomplishment. The prescribed fire activities will: Remove hazardous fuels from earlier thinning treatments and brush.Improve firefighter safety during future suppression activities.Improve wildlife habitat in the area and create more resilient forests. For visitor and firefighter safety: Watch for prescribed fire signs in the areaBe aware of smoke in the area both during and after ignitions, which may affect visibility on area roadsIncreased fire personnel and vehicles in the area and additional Forest Service traffic For more information, please contact Lakeview Ranger District Assistant Fire Management Officer Coley Neider at 541-219-2126 or Fire Information Officer Sarah Saarloos at...

The Chiloquin Ranger District of the Fremont-Winema National Forest will begin prescribed fire operations starting October 26, 2017 as weather and air quality conditions permit. Ninemile Natural Fuels Units 1 & 3 (WUI) – located 5 miles east of Chiloquin south of milepost 5 on Sprague River Road near Corbell Butte. 265 acres of planned accomplishment.Ninemile Natural Fuels Unit 43 (WUI) – located 10-11 miles west of Chiloquin north of Sprague River Road between mileposts 11 and 13. 45 acres of planned accomplishment. Yosshouse Natural Fuels Units 1 & 9 – located 15-20 miles northeast of Chiloquin in the Yoss Ridge area. Unit 1 is adjacent to the “Kirk” or Forest Road 43. Units total approximately 75 acres of planned accomplishment. The prescribed fire activities will: Improve wildlife habitat in the area and create more resilient forestsRemove hazardous fuels from earlier thinning treatments and brushImprove firefighter safety during future wildfires For visitor and...

Link: Eagle Creek Fire Update 10/24/17 with Loretta Duke, Incident CommanderTranscript: Hi I’m Loretta Duke. I’m currently the Eagle Creek IC and the last Eagle Creek IC in a long line of them. You know, the fire area, there isn’t a lot of burning going on, there’s some interior burning. There’s a lot of gravity hazards out there. Because it is such a steep hillside we regularly have debris flows that happen even before this fire happened. All the rock was being held together with moss and now that the moss isn’t there, that stuff is sliding down- even without rainfall, it’s sliding down constantly. Just driving through there, one of the crew vehicles last week damaged two tires, one of them completely flat. And the other one scarred the sidewall. Then the hazard trees, a lot of those trees are on a very steep slope and many of them are shallow rooted. They burned deep into the soil and those trees just fall over. And some of them fall over and because it’s on such a...

Link: Eagle Creek Fire Update 10/24/17 with Loretta Duke, Incident CommanderTranscript: Hi I’m Loretta Duke. I’m currently the Eagle Creek IC and the last Eagle Creek IC in a long line of them. You know, the fire area, there isn’t a lot of burning going on, there’s some interior burning. There’s a lot of gravity hazards out there. Because it is such a steep hillside we regularly have debris flows that happen even before this fire happened. All the rock was being held together with moss and now that the moss isn’t there, that stuff is sliding down- even without rainfall, it’s sliding down constantly. Just driving through there, one of the crew vehicles last week damaged two tires, one of them completely flat. And the other one scarred the sidewall. Then the hazard trees, a lot of those trees are on a very steep slope and many of them are shallow rooted. They burned deep into the soil and those trees just fall over. And some of them fall over and because it’s on such a...

PRESCRIBED FIRE NOTICE The Lakeview District Bureau of Land Management will begin prescribed fire operations starting the final week of October, weather conditions permitting. South Warner Rx – Located 16 miles East of Lakeview in the Big Valley/ Big Lake area. 3000 acres are expected to be treated. The prescribed fire activities will: Remove hazardous fuels from earlier thinning treatments.Improve firefighter safety during future suppression activities.Maintain, repair, and improve the integrity of sage brush steppe/bitterbrush habitats, low sagebrush habitats, and aspen stands.Provide grazing for cattle after treatment.Improve wildlife habitat such as sage grouse, mule deer, big horn sheep and pronghorn antelope. For visitor and firefighter safety: Watch for prescribed fire signs in the area.Be aware of smoke in the area both during and after ignitions, which may affect visibility on area roads.Increased fire personnel and vehicles in the area and additional Bureau of Land...

PRESCRIBED FIRE NOTICE The Sheldon/ Hart National Wildlife Refuge Complex will begin prescribed fire operations starting the final week of October, weather conditions permitting. Poker Jim Rx – Located 48 miles Northeast of Lakeview in the Poker Jim Spring/ Snyder Canyon area. 1500 acres are expected to be treated. The prescribed fire activities will: Remove hazardous fuels from earlier thinning treatments.Improve firefighter safety during future suppression activities.Maintain, repair, and improve the integrity of sage brush steppe/bitterbrush habitats, low sagebrush habitats, and aspen stands.Improve wildlife habitat such as sage grouse, mule deer, big horn sheep and pronghorn antelope. For visitor and firefighter safety: Watch for prescribed fire signs in the area.Be aware of smoke in the area both during and after ignitions, which may affect visibility on area roads.Increased fire personnel and vehicles in the area and additional agency traffic. For more information, please...

PRESCRIBED FIRE NOTICE The Lakeview District Bureau of Land Management will begin prescribed fire operations starting the final week of October, weather conditions permitting. South Warner Rx – Located 16 miles East of Lakeview in the Big Valley/ Big Lake area. 3000 acres are expected to be treated. The prescribed fire activities will: Remove hazardous fuels from earlier thinning treatments.Improve firefighter safety during future suppression activities.Maintain, repair, and improve the integrity of sage brush steppe/bitterbrush habitats, low sagebrush habitats, and aspen stands.Provide grazing for cattle after treatment.Improve wildlife habitat such as sage grouse, mule deer, big horn sheep and pronghorn antelope. For visitor and firefighter safety: Watch for prescribed fire signs in the area.Be aware of smoke in the area both during and after ignitions, which may affect visibility on area roads.Increased fire personnel and vehicles in the area and additional Bureau of Land...

PRESCRIBED FIRE NOTICE The Sheldon/ Hart National Wildlife Refuge Complex will begin prescribed fire operations starting the final week of October, weather conditions permitting. Poker Jim Rx – Located 48 miles Northeast of Lakeview in the Poker Jim Spring/ Snyder Canyon area. 1500 acres are expected to be treated. The prescribed fire activities will: Remove hazardous fuels from earlier thinning treatments.Improve firefighter safety during future suppression activities.Maintain, repair, and improve the integrity of sage brush steppe/bitterbrush habitats, low sagebrush habitats, and aspen stands.Improve wildlife habitat such as sage grouse, mule deer, big horn sheep and pronghorn antelope. For visitor and firefighter safety: Watch for prescribed fire signs in the area.Be aware of smoke in the area both during and after ignitions, which may affect visibility on area roads.Increased fire personnel and vehicles in the area and additional agency traffic. For more information, please...

With the weather forecast this week it is unlikely that there will be new ignition of pile units on the northern half of the forest. Emigrant Creek Ranger District is going to attempt ignitions in Curry project area today. You may continue to see smoke from pile units lit over the past couple weeks. If the forest were to proceed with lighting additional units, it would occur in areas where previous ignitions have occurred. This will be weather dependent.

The Miller Complex experienced significant rainfall on Thursday, with amounts ranging from 0.87 inches in Dutch Creek to 1.21 inches just south of the fire in California. Winds that peaked Wednesday night have gradually diminished but the rain is continuing today. Moderate to strong and gusty south winds will begin coming from the west-northwest this evening according to the National Weather Service. Locally heavy precipitation may occur this evening and tonight. Steep areas that have been burned severely could possibly experience debris flows. Snow level will remain around 4500 feet. Freezing temperatures will be experienced at the ridgetops all day; lower elevations will reach 45 degrees. Ridgetop winds will be WSW 10-20 mph with gusts 20-30 mph. Several crews and engines were demobilized today. Others were assigned to maintain a safety standby with a 2-hour call-back requirement as fire supervisors survey the effects of the storm on roads, fire-damaged trees, and the (previously)...

The Miller Complex experienced significant rainfall on Thursday, with amounts ranging from 0.87 inches in Dutch Creek to 1.21 inches just south of the fire in California. Winds that peaked Wednesday night have gradually diminished but the rain is continuing today. Moderate to strong and gusty south winds will begin coming from the west-northwest this evening according to the National Weather Service. Locally heavy precipitation may occur this evening and tonight. Steep areas that have been burned severely could possibly experience debris flows. Snow level will remain around 4500 feet. Freezing temperatures will be experienced at the ridgetops all day; lower elevations will reach 45 degrees. Ridgetop winds will be WSW 10-20 mph with gusts 20-30 mph. Several crews and engines were demobilized today. Others were assigned to maintain a safety standby with a 2-hour call-back requirement as fire supervisors survey the effects of the storm on roads, fire-damaged trees, and the (previously)...

This will be the last daily update for the Chetco Bar Fire. Updates will be produced as significant events occur and be available online. The entire fire area received over an inch and a half of rain by the evening of 10/19 with more forecasted through the weekend. The rain will help to extinguish the remaining areas of heat scattered within the perimeter of the fire. However, fire officials will continue to monitor the fire closely as the thick canopy in some areas could shelter heat sources allowing them to pop back up when the area begins to dry out. Firefighters and equipment are returning to the field after a day of standing down for safety concerns due to the weather. They will resume work grading roads, finalizing suppression repair work, removing additional hazard trees brought down by high winds, and implementing Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) projects.Fire personnel will monitor the FR240 Road for any potential hotspots. Traveling through and working in the fire...

This will be the last daily update for the Chetco Bar Fire. Updates will be produced as significant events occur and be available online. The entire fire area received over an inch and a half of rain by the evening of 10/19 with more forecasted through the weekend. The rain will help to extinguish the remaining areas of heat scattered within the perimeter of the fire. However, fire officials will continue to monitor the fire closely as the thick canopy in some areas could shelter heat sources allowing them to pop back up when the area begins to dry out. Firefighters and equipment are returning to the field after a day of standing down for safety concerns due to the weather. They will resume work grading roads, finalizing suppression repair work, removing additional hazard trees brought down by high winds, and implementing Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) projects.Fire personnel will monitor the FR240 Road for any potential hotspots. Traveling through and working in the fire...

Please see the PDF attached (to the right) to view the final summary of Burned Area Emergency Response findings.

Please see the PDF attached (to the right) to view the final summary of Burned Area Emergency Response findings.

Limited suppression action will be taken on the Abney Fire today as heavy winds and rain are anticipated. The ridgetops of the Siskiyou Mountains were buffeted by winds of 55 mph during the night, and fire officials decided to send resources only to areas where there is quick access to paved roads at lower elevations to avoid falling trees and rain-slickened roads. Some quick winterization projects will be taken care of early this morning at higher elevations to beat the snow, such as temporarily draining and covering or removing pumps. Though winds have diminished this morning, helicopters have been unable to complete missions due to atmospheric turbulence. Weather forecasters call for rain beginning by about 1:00 pm this afternoon with nearly 8/10’s of an inch falling in the first 12 hours and up to 3 inches of snow beginning to fall at the 4000-foot level and higher during the night. On Wednesday, after days of keeping the fire above the 1065 Road at the eastern edge of the...