BLM Alaska Fire Service is monitoring the Marion Fire (#295), a new wildfire burning approximately 7 miles east of the Marion Creek Campground near Mile 180 of the Dalton Highway 10 miles northwest of Coldfoot.
The fire is visible from the highway and is burning on both sides of Marion Creek, moving slowly east. While it is not currently threatening any known sites of value, it is about 5 miles from a BLM administrative site and not far from the popular BLM-managed campground.
Although the campground remains open at this time, visitors are advised to stay aware of the fire’s location and prepare contingency plans in case conditions change.
The fire is burning in a Limited Management Option Area, meaning fire managers will allow it to play a natural ecological role unless it poses a threat to life or property. If the fire endangers values at risk – such as cabins, campgrounds, or infrastructure – firefighters may be mobilized to protect those values without fully suppressing the fire.
This strategy helps prioritize firefighter safety and the protection of critical sites while ensuring that resources remain available for higher-priority wildfires elsewhere in the state.
It is approximately 300 acres and burning through tundra and brush with mixed spruce.
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Bureau of Land Management, Alaska Fire Service, P.O. Box 35005 1541 Gaffney Road, Fort Wainwright, Ak 99703
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The Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service (AFS) located at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, provides wildland fire suppression services for over 240 million acres of Department of the Interior and Native Corporation Lands in Alaska. In addition, AFS has other statewide responsibilities that include: interpretation of fire management policy; oversight of the BLM Alaska Aviation program; fuels management projects; and operating and maintaining advanced communication and computer systems such as the Alaska Lightning Detection System. AFS also maintains a National Incident Support Cache. The Alaska Fire Service provides wildland fire suppression services for America’s “Last Frontier” on an interagency basis with the State of Alaska Department of Natural Resources, USDA Forest Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the U.S. Military in Alaska.
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