(Anchorage, AK) – The Alaska Community Forest Council (ACFC) is holding its fall meeting on Friday, October 28, 2022, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in Conference Room 1236 at the Robert B. Atwood building in Anchorage. Members of the… Read More ›
The Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection (DOF) has been taking advantage of favorable conditions to continue burning piles of black spruce slash cut in recent years as part of wildfire mitigation programs for the community of Anderson and… Read More ›
BLM AFS, in cooperation with U.S. Army Alaska, will burn piles of woody debris on military training lands in Interior Alaska Oct. 1-21.
In early October, the BLM’s Fairbanks District and Alaska Fire Service personnel will burn woody debris piles near Tanacross to reduce the risk of wildfire, to private property community, and to provide a safe space for firefighters to suppress fires in the future.
The Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection (DOF) asks the public to remain vigilant in their safe burning practices throughout the fall since today, August 31st, is the last day Burn Permits are required in 2022. It was a… Read More ›
Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection (DOF) firefighters are making good progress burning piles of black spruce slash in fuel breaks in the area of Goldstream and Waterford roads. A crew of eight firefighters started last Thursday and, taking… Read More ›
After the Yukon Creek Fire (#296) burning north of the Salcha River picked up new life over the weekend, 12 smokejumpers deployed Monday night to protect nearby cabins.
The Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection (DOF) will burn hundreds of piles of black spruce slash cut in recent years as part of a Fairbanks North Star Borough wildfire mitigation program that created fuel breaks next to the… Read More ›
Rural Deltana Volunteer Fire Department responded to a mobile home fire off Nistler Road on Wednesday evening. Driven by strong, gusty winds, the Nistler Fire (#648) was rapidly spreading into the surrounding wildlands. Initial responders alerted residents in the area… Read More ›
The Chena River State Recreation Site located in Fairbanks has been closed to the public since 2020. The Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection was tasked in early August with removing fuels that had accumulated by thinning and trimming… Read More ›
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