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National Forest System (NFS) lands administered by the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area within Multnomah and Hood River Counties State of Oregon as follows: All Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area lands lying South of the Columbia River, East of the Sandy River Delta, North of the Columbia River National Scenic Area boundary, and west of the Hood River. See Exhibit

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Two Community meetings will be held on Monday, September 11 to share information about the Eagle Creek Fire:6:00 PM at the Edgefield Amphitheater, 2126 Halsey Street, in Troutdale AND7:00 PM at the Marine Park Pavilion in Cascade

Two community meetings will be held on Monday, September 11, to share information about the Eagle Creek Fire: 6 p.m. at the Edgefield Amphitheater, 2126 Halsey Street, in Troutdale and 7:00 p.m. at the Marine Park Pavilion in Cascade Locks Summary: Most of the day’s activity was concentrated on the western and eastern edges of the Eagle Creek Fire. Firefighters built direct line (line right along the black edge of the fire) to the south of Bridal Veil. Along the Interstate 84 corridor crews are engaged in mopping up existing cold firelines and burning out small pockets of fuel. On the east side, work was concentrated around Cascade Locks. Crews did burnouts along the powerline corridor down to Herman Creek to establish a line of defense between the fire and residential communities in Hood River County. Oregon State Fire Marshal (OSFM) crews spent the day supporting the wildland burnout operations at Cascade Locks. Firefighter efforts were supplemented by helicopter bucket...

Size: 8,536 acres Containment: 48% Cause: Lightning Resources: 406 Personnel The Jones Fire Base Camp, located in the Lowell Sate Park, will be moving this week to accommodate the Northwest National – Columbia Drag Boat Association annual boat races on Dexter Reservoir. This move will be effective Monday, September 11 at 6 a.m. The new Base Camp location will be Dexter State Recreation Site, including the South Bank Fishing Area. This area will be closed to the public for an undetermined amount of time to support the firefighting efforts. Cooler, moist weather has allowed firefighters to make substantial progress on the Jones Fire despite the steep, rough terrain and numerous snags. Drier weather is forecasted for Monday. This may result in more visible smoke. This dry period is expected to be short-lived as the ridge breaks down and allows moist, onshore flow to develop by mid-week. Weak weather disturbances will bring light showers to the area during the second-half of...

On September 5, 2017 the Medford District of Bureau of Land Management temporarily closed the Eight Dollar Mountain Boardwalk and the Jeffery Pine Loop Trail system in Josephine County, Oregon. People may not travel on the Eight Dollar Mountain Boardwalk, on the Jeffery Pine Loop, or the road leading to the Boardwalk, Road 38-8-28, except for fire fighting forces or federal employees in pursuit of their duties or persons with written authorization from

Reunion con la comunidad: El dia de hoy, en Cave Junction en la Escuela Secundaria Illinois Valley High School a las 6:00 pm. Por favor asista al evento para que reciva informacion al dia referente a la actividad del Incendio y para que hable con lo dirgentes del incendio acerca de las estrategias y esfuerzos que han sido tomados. En general, el dia Sabado, la actividad del Incendio Chetco East Zone, se comporto de una manera creciente y viva. Vuelos monitoreados, observaron minimas aperturas de fuego donde las llamas se pararon en la parte mas alta de las orillas y arriba de cuestas que se dirigien hacia el Norte y en sitios con vegetacion verde. Esto se debe a la alta humedad relativa y a la retencion del materia de combustion humedo creado en las tormentas recientes. Hacia el Norte de el Incendio, se ha visto un movimiento mas activo en comparacion con el flanco hacia el Este. Cinco batallones han hecho un progreso significativo al unir secciones entre lineas de contencion y la...

Seguridad para la comunidad y para los bomberos es una prioridad para el Equipo a cargo del Incendio. Las condiciones de tiempo secas y calientes afectaran las areas del incendio el dia Domingo y Lunes. Se espera que este patron del tiempo va a brindar temperaturas mas altas del promedio normalel dia de hoy y manana, aunado a los bajos niveles relativos de humedad y vientos NE (del Noreste). Estas condiciones climaticas, es un potencial para el imcremento del Incendio. Los encargados del Incendio, estan poniendo en pie operaciones agresivas con el objetivo de proveer bienestar a la comunidad y al mismo tiempo la seguridad del personal. El batallon continua construyendo manualmente lineas directas y removiendo maleza existentes en las lineas de contingencia de fuego. Los bomberos tendran una mejor oportunidad para buscar y extinguir material quemandose cerca de las lineas, asi como identificar facilmente areas problematicas en donde los residuos de la humedad permitiran operaciones mas...

About the fire: Where is the Jolly Mountain Fire and how big is it? The Jolly Mountain Fire is actively burning 7 miles northwest of Cle Elum, WA. As of September 10, the fire has burned approximately 29,432 acres. It is burning primarily within the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest. It is also burning on land managed by Washington State Department of Natural Resources and land owned by The Nature Conservancy. When and how did the fire start? The Jolly Mountain Fire was detected on August 11. The fire was started by multiple strikes from a lightning storm. Why wasn’t the fire put out when it was first reported? The fire quickly grew to 100 acres the first day and 300 acres by the next day. Steep slopes, rugged terrain and the distance from road systems limited access to the fire. Given the terrain and dense dry forest conditions, to attempt a direct attack would have been extremely dangerous. Helicopter water drops and retardant drops from planes would not have been...

Location: High Cascades Ranger District, Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, Klamath Ranger District, Fremont-Winema National Forest, Crater Lake National Park Start Date: Pelican August 10, 2017, Spruce Lake July 29, 2017, Blanket Creek July 26, 2017 Cause: Lightning Size: 48,411 Acres Percent Contained: 20% (% encompasses total of both East and West zone of the complex) Vegetation: timber, brush, heavy logging slash Resources Assigned: 644 personnel Incident Commander: Steve Millert/Dave Gesser with the Southwest Area Type 2 Incident Management Team 3 The North Entrance Road to Crater Lake National Park will be closing again for a few days starting today, Sunday, September 10. West Rim Drive is scheduled to close today, Sunday at 9:00 pm. All concession facilities and services remain open for visitors to the Park. Motorists and visitors to the area also need to be aware of delays on Hwy 230 between Union Creek and the junction with Highway 138 due to road...

Wherever and whenever possible, firefighters are fully engaged in "mop up" along established containment lines. It's hard, dusty, hot, and hazardous work. However, spirits are high amongst the 814 fire personnel assigned to the 29,432 acre #JollyMountainFire. Containment has increased to 10% and the 17 crews and 75 engines are feeling motivated by both a sense of duty to protect lives and property, and the feelings of gratitude that the communities of #Roslyn and #Ronald have been showing fire crews every morning and every evening.Using high tech heat detection devices, fire personnel "search and destroy" all of the remaining hot pockets above the private homes and along the containment lines. Using water and hand tools, fire fighters dig, mix and touch every piece of dirt to ensure that the heat has been removed.Watch the video at this link:

Horse Prairie Fire Community Meeting Tuesday, September 12 @ 6 p.m. Riddle Community Center 123 Parkside Street

Smoke: Much of the smoke that was settled in the Columbia Basin and surrounding drainages has now dissipated. Smoke in the communities of concern will be impacted from smoke from fires in the same drainage as the community or in an adjacent drainage. Expect generally good air quality except for the possibility of nighttime

EQUIPO #10 DE DIRECCIÓN DE INCIDENTES DEL NOROESTE Al Lawson- Comandante de incidentes Un cielo despejado brinda a los bomberosmás oportunidades para combatir el incendioDomingo, 10 de septiembre de 2017 Incendio: Uno Peak Completado: 1% Acres: 7.236 Fecha de inicio: 30 de agosto de 2017 Causa: a ser determinada Ubicación: 15 millas al NO de Manson, WA Personal total: 273 Carburantes/topografía: madera, pasto, terreño escarpado Ayer: la actividad del incendio fue insignificante gracias a niveles más altos de humedad y a temperaturas más frías. Se reactivó el apoyo aéreo con cuatro helicópteros de Chelan County, de la Guardia Aérea Nacional de Washington y un S61 Sikorsky. Pudieron verter agua sobre el lado oriental del incendio.Los equipos instalaron buldóceres en la vía de Nelson Butte.El equipo de protección de estructuras que trabaja en el área de Canoe Creek completó su labor en un 75%.La zona de Canoe Creek al oeste, y el área de...

Video Update Transcript 9-10-17Good Morning, I'm Rick Miller, Operations Section Chief on the Eagle Creek Fire. And I'm going to give you an update of what we did yesterday and what the fire did yesterday and a little bit of what our plans are for today So I'm going to start on the west end over here along Highway 84 and the Columbia river in the Bridal Veil area. Yesterday we did some burnout. So as far as what the fire did out there yesterday it was a really good day, minimal fire activity. Operations in here were successful that we need to continue today so there will be smoke coming out in there today as we continue that. That was all looking good there yesterday. There are some spot fires that were around the main head of the fire that we have lined that we continue to monitor them and make sur they're not going to grow anymore. And then as we come along Highway 84 back to the east we identified some areas that the fire hasn't made it down to the highway, old Highway 30 or the...

Miller Complex Fire Update Rocky Mountain Incident Management Team - Todd Pechota, Incident Commander Information Center: 541-899-5302 Hours of operation: 7 am – 9 pm Email: MillerComplex2017@gmail.com September 10, 2017 Current Situation: After completing a full tour of duty, today is the last day the Rocky Mountain Type 1 Incident Management Team will provide leadership for the Miller Complex. Beginning tomorrow morning at 0600, the incident will be led by the Northwest Type 2 Incident Management Team 9 under the IC Brian Goff. Favorable weather conditions combined with good progress made on containment lines prompted officials to lift evacuation notices within the Miller Complex on 9/8/17. The Joe Bar area, located in California near the north edge of the Abney Fire, will remain under an evacuation warning. Containment lines continue to be created and held with great success throughout the complex. Higher humidity, lower temperatures and moisture reduced fire behavior...

Fire Information: (541) 316-7711 Containment: 60% Size: 24,025 Inciweb: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5517/ Milli Fire September 10, 2017 Daily Update REDMOND, Ore.— There was no new growth on the Milli Fire yesterday. Total acreage for the fire today remains at 24,025 acres with 60 percent containment. Resources on scene include 59 personnel from the US Forest Service, the BLM, the Oregon Department of Forestry and the Oregon Department of Transportation. Air quality information is calling for improved conditions today over parts of Central Oregon and firefighters on the ground report reduced smoke above the Milli Fire. The fire may intermittently put up columns of smoke as it moves into interior pockets of unburned fuel. Firefighters today will continue patrolling, mopping up and repairing all repairing all containment lines. Crews also continue monitoring the perimeter as it pushes into the lava flows along Highway 242 ensuring that all hot spots are monitored...

Smoke reports are calling for improved conditions today over parts of Central Oregon.Check http://oregonsmoke.blogspot.com/ for

Norse Peak Fire Press Release: September 10, 2017, 11:30 a.m. On Monday morning September 11, 2017 at 06:00, the Norse Peak Fire will be divided into two fire zones (North Zone and South Zone). Zoning of this fire will facilitate more effective management and coordination of the fire using the two management teams. The Sawmill fire is being managed by Southern California Incident Management Team (IMT) 3. The Norse Peak and American fires have been under management of the Central Coast Incident Management Team (IMT). A decision was made to divide the fire into two zones using the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) as the dividing line. The PCT provides for a natural division of the Norse Peak fire, it is a county line break (Pierce and Yakima) and is also a break between two national forests (Okanogan-Wenatchee and Mt Baker Snoqualmie). Southern California IMT 3 will now manage the Sawmill Fire and North Zone of the Norse Peak Fire. The Central Coast IMT will manage the American Fire...

FIRE UPDATE: Sunday morning, September 10, 2017 at 9:30 am East Crater Fire (Indian Heaven Wilderness) and Bear Creek Fire (Bear Creek Watershed), Mount Adams Ranger District, Gifford Pinchot National Forest East Crater Fire: Saturday’s lower temperatures and light rain kept fire activity low. Fire spread was minimal and fire size remains at 467-acres. Work continues on removing trees and brush to prepare roads on the east side as fire line to minimize fire spread outside the wilderness. As road preparation is completed, crews will be working to install hose lays to secure the line. The fire has been burning in the Indian Heaven Wilderness since September 3rd. FIRE CLOSURES: Hikers are advised that the Indian Heaven Wilderness and a portion of the Pacific Crest Trail are closed due to the fire. Campsites around the Indian Heaven Wilderness are also closed. Additionally there is a Fire and Smoking Restriction in place on all National Forest System Lands...