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 Fire management officials on the Heppner Ranger District are implementing a prescribed natural fuel burn today, which is one of two units planned this week.    The Sunflower Bacon prescribed burn activities are anticipated to take 2-5 days per unit to complete and include 520 acres of grass, brush, and timber located approximately 20 miles south of Heppner and seven miles east of the Morrow County OHV park. The objective of the burns are to improve foraging habitat for big game, reduce long-term wildfire risk through reductions in existing fuel loading, and to restore the ecological functions of a fire adapted ecosystem to the area.    Additional information about this prescribed burn is available by visiting the Umatilla National Forest’s prescribed fire interactive map. This map displays burning activities. The interactive map allows the user to zoom in on certain areas and click on a burn unit for more information (such as acreage, status, etc). When burning...

 PENDLETON, Ore. (October 4, 2022) — Fire management officials on the Umatilla National Forest are preparing to implement the Forest’s fall prescribed burn plan, which could impact camping and hunting opportunities in several hunting units across the Forest.  Any associated road and trail closures will go into effect prior to and during burn operations, which typically take 2-5 days to complete. Hunters are advised to plan ahead and avoid camping in the designated prescribed burn areas during the 2022 hunting season. Frequent, low-intensity fire is essential for healthy forests and reducing the risk of uncharacteristic wildfire caused by excessive fuel buildup. Prescribed burning is an effective tool for removing excessive amounts of brush, shrubs, and trees, while also encouraging the growth of native vegetation. Prescribed burning is also highly dependent on weather conditions, which must be within a narrow criteria window to use prescribed fire. Factors such as wind...

Double Creek, Sturgill, Nebo, Goat Mountain Two Fires Thursday October 6, 2022 Update – 8:00 AM                  Northeast Oregon Type 3 Team   NOTICE:  This will be the last update from the incident team.   Highlights: Weather has gradually warmed and become drier each day after the cool and moist conditions last weekend. Very little change in fire behavior and spread has been observed despite the warmer and drier conditions. Fire crews will continue to monitor the north end of the Double Creek and Sturgill Fires for hot spots and use aerial bucket drops when terrain and weather safely allow.  The Type 3 team will transition to two Type 4 Teams on Friday, 10/7.   Double Creek Fire: 171,530 acres, increased 33 acres | 89% contained | 155 personnel assigned Isolated areas of heat remain in the Cow Creek, Deep Creek, and Lightning Creek drainages on steep and inaccessible terrain. Little growth is expected and the area will be monitored with aerial resources....

Double Creek, Sturgill, Nebo, Goat Mountain Two Fires Thursday October 6, 2022 Update – 8:00 AM                  Northeast Oregon Type 3 Team   NOTICE:  This will be the last update from the incident team.   Highlights: Weather has gradually warmed and become drier each day after the cool and moist conditions last weekend. Very little change in fire behavior and spread has been observed despite the warmer and drier conditions. Fire crews will continue to monitor the north end of the Double Creek and Sturgill Fires for hot spots and use aerial bucket drops when terrain and weather safely allow.  The Type 3 team will transition to two Type 4 Teams on Friday, 10/7.   Double Creek Fire: 171,530 acres, increased 33 acres | 89% contained | 155 personnel assigned Isolated areas of heat remain in the Cow Creek, Deep Creek, and Lightning Creek drainages on steep and inaccessible terrain. Little growth is expected and the area will be monitored with aerial resources....

 Cedar Creek FireOctober 6, 2022 | Update 8:30 AM | Size: 120,983 acres | Contained: 39% | Start Date: August 1,2022 | Origin: 15 miles east of Oakridge, OR Cause: Lightning | Total personnel: 646 | Resources: 14 engines; 16 crews; 8 heavy equipment; 5 helicopters Operations: With another east wind event today, operations have focused on securing control lines and protectingsurrounding communities. The incident command team will continue to build security across the CedarCreek Fire; however, emphasis will shift to suppression repair. Firefighters are working on grading, haulingdebris, cleaning ditches and culverts, identifying hazards and masticating along roadways throughout theCedar Creek Fire. Grading and repair along Forest Service 24 is almost complete and will serve animportant role for improved access for firefighters. Resource Advisors (READs) are working alongsidefirefighters to help identify potential impacts and benefits of fire operations on natural and...

Double Creek, Sturgill, Nebo, Goat Mountain Two Fires Thursday October 6, 2022Update – 8:00 AM Northeast Oregon Type 3 TeamNOTICE: This will be the last update from the incident team. Highlights: Weather has gradually warmed and become drier each day after the cool and moist conditions last weekend. Very little change in fire behavior and spread has been observed despite the warmer and drier conditions. Fire crews will continue to monitor the north end of the Double Creek and Sturgill Fires for hot spots and use aerial bucket drops when terrain and weather safely allow. The Type 3 team will transition to two Type 4 Teams on Friday, 10/7.Double Creek Fire: 171,530 acres, increased 33 acres | 89% contained | 155 personnel assignedIsolated areas of heat remain in the Cow Creek, Deep Creek, and Lightning Creek drainages on steep and inaccessible terrain. Little growth is expected and the area will be monitored with aerial resources.Eagle Cap Wilderness FiresSturgill Fire: 21,710...

Westfir, Ore., Oct. 5, 2022—A Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) Team has arrived in Westfir, Ore., to begin their assessment of the Cedar Creek Fire. BAER is an emergency program aimed at managing imminent unacceptable risks to human life and safety, property, and or critical natural and cultural resources from post-wildfire conditions. The fire has covered 120,926 acres to date on the Willamette and Deschutes National Forests. The Team, comprised of U.S. Forest Service employees who specialize in multiple resource areas, is conducting field surveys and using science-based models to rapidly assess watersheds on National Forest System lands, then inventory BAER Critical Values, assess risk and determine the need for emergency measures and treatments on National Forest System lands. The Team will share any areas of concern outside of National Forest System lands with the appropriate federal, state, and county agencies so they can work with individual landowners under their...

JOSEPH, Ore. (October 5, 2022) – A Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) Team has arrived inJoseph, Oregon, to begin their assessment of the Double Creek, Nebo, Sturgill, Jones and Goat MountainFires. BAER is an emergency program aimed at managing imminent unacceptable risks to human life andsafety, property, and or critical natural and cultural resources from post-wildfire conditions.The Team, comprised of U.S. Forest Service employees who specialize in multiple resource areas, isconducting field surveys and using science-based models to rapidly assess watersheds on NationalForest System lands, then inventory BAER Critical Values, assess risk and determine the need foremergency measures and treatments on National Forest System lands. The Team will share any areas ofconcern outside of National Forest System lands with the appropriate federal, state, and countyagencies so they can work with individual landowners under their respective authorities. "There are over 200,000 acres of...

The Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) program is designed to identify and manage potential risks to resources on National Forest System lands and reduce these threats through appropriate emergency measures to protect human life and safety, property, and critical natural or cultural resources. BAER is an emergency program for stabilization work that involves time-critical activities to be completed before the first damaging event to meet program objectives:BAER Objectives:•  Determine whether imminent post-wildfire threats to human life and safety, property, and critical natural or cultural resources on National Forest System lands exist and take immediate actions, as appropriate, to manage the unacceptable risks.•  If emergency conditions are identified, mitigate significant threats to health, safety, human life, property and critical cultural and natural resources.•  Prescribe emergency response actions to stabilize and prevent unacceptable degradation to natural...

The Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) program is designed to identify and manage potential risks to resources on National Forest System lands and reduce these threats through appropriate emergency measures to protect human life and safety, property, and critical natural or cultural resources. BAER is an emergency program for stabilization work that involves time-critical activities to be completed before the first damaging event to meet program objectives:BAER Objectives:•  Determine whether imminent post-wildfire threats to human life and safety, property, and critical natural or cultural resources on National Forest System lands exist and take immediate actions, as appropriate, to manage the unacceptable risks.•  If emergency conditions are identified, mitigate significant threats to health, safety, human life, property and critical cultural and natural resources.•  Prescribe emergency response actions to stabilize and prevent unacceptable degradation to natural...

Forest Service BAER assessment teams are established by Forest Supervisors before wildfires are fully contained. The teams coordinate and work with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS), National Weather Service (NWS), local counties, State Department of Transportation, and other federal, state, and local agencies to strategically assess potential post-fire impacts to the watersheds burned from wildland fires.The BAER assessment teams are evaluating watershed conditions to determine the level of potential risks to human life, safety, property, critical natural and cultural-heritage resources, and determine if there are appropriate and effective emergency stabilization measures that can be implemented on federal lands in a timely manner to reduce unacceptable risks from potential flooding and debris flow threats.The BAER assessment team conducts field surveys and uses science-based models to rapidly...

Cedar Creek FireOctober 5, 2022 | Update 8:30 AM | Size: 120,926 acres | Contained: 36% | Start Date: August 1,2022 | Origin: 15 miles east of Oakridge, OR Cause: Lightning | Total personnel: 702 | Resources: 12 engines; 17 crews; 10 heavy equipment; 5 helicoptersPacific Northwest Incident Management Team 9 assumed command of the East Zone of Cedar Creek Fire at 8:00 PM yesterday, October 3. The team will coordinate management of the entire Cedar Creek Fire, as well as facilitate the remaining work to be done on Potter and Big Swamp Fires.Operations: Although there have been no changes to closures in the fire area, road repairs and grading are underway in many areas of the Cedar Creek Fire including Forest Service Road 19 and 24 near the Westfir community and Highway 46 in the East Zone. Some firing operations occurred in Division W (the southwestern border of the fire) along Eagle Creek and a sprinkler system is in place for utilization along the train...

Cedar Creek FireOctober 5, 2022 | Update 8:30 AM | Size: 120,926 acres | Contained: 36% | Start Date: August 1,2022 | Origin: 15 miles east of Oakridge, OR Cause: Lightning | Total personnel: 702 | Resources: 12 engines; 17 crews; 10 heavy equipment; 5 helicoptersPacific Northwest Incident Management Team 9 assumed command of the East Zone of Cedar Creek Fire at 8:00 PM yesterday, October 3. The team will coordinate management of the entire Cedar Creek Fire, as well as facilitate the remaining work to be done on Potter and Big Swamp Fires. Operations: Although there have been no changes to closures in the fire area, road repairs and grading are underway in many areas of the Cedar Creek Fire including Forest Service Road 19 and 24 near the Westfir community and Highway 46 in the East Zone. Some firing operations occurred in Division W (the southwestern border of the fire) along Eagle Creek and a sprinkler system is in place for utilization along the train tracks. ...

The Little Bear Rd (FS Road 8250) remains

The remaining closure for the Double Creek Fire is the Hat Point Road starting at the forest

The following roads remain closed:Sturgill Fire:  FR 8250 (Little Bear Rd.)Double Creek Fire:  Hat Point

The following roads remain closed:Double Creek Fire - Hat Point RdSturgill Fire - FR 8250 (Little Bear

 All Closures on the Nebo Fire have been

Cedar Creek FireOctober 4, 2022 | Update 8:30 AM | Size: 120,855 acres | Contained: 34% | Start Date: August 1,2022 | Origin: 15 miles east of Oakridge, OR Cause: Lightning | Total personnel: 788 | Resources: 12 engines; 13 crews; 9 heavy equipment; 5 helicopters West Zone Operations: Along the northwestern edge of Cedar Creek Fire, firefighters continuedmonitoring and strengthening containment lines, taking advantage of favorable weather conditions afterthe east wind event tailed off yesterday. Oakridge and surrounding communities experienced additionalsmoke as temperatures rose and humidities declined yesterday resulting in increased smoldering activityand consumption of unburned fuels within the fire perimeter. Today, firefighters will continue to patrol andhold control lines throughout Cedar Creek Fire. A crew is working to assess Fuji Mountain and beginrepair work along firelines in that area. Additional equipment will be added to the lineup for road repairalong...

Updates for the Sturgill Fire will be posted weekly on Thursdays. Additional updates will be posted when significant changes