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Fire plays a key role in maintaining wildlife habitat in Alaska’s boreal forests
Wildfire is a natural process in Alaska that has shaped the boreal forests for thousands of years. With the high occurrence of lightning-caused wildfires, it is natural to consider that plants and animals have adapted to fire as a natural part… Read More ›
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Continuing efforts edge toward completion on the Slathtouka, Mission fires
Recent weather conditions continue to provide opportunities for firefighters to obtain further completion of structure and allotment protection on the Slathtouka (#431) & Mission (#566) fires. Slathtouka Fire (#431): located approximately 18 miles southwest of Alatna and Allakaket on the… Read More ›
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Firefighters make progress toward completion on the Paradise Complex
Crews continue to work through cold, damp weather conditions to achieve structure protection activities, including the installation of sprinklers and vegetation removal to protect from encroaching fire. Isolated pockets of heat remain smoldering within fires’ perimeters; however, no new growth… Read More ›
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Early July of 2022, a lightning event swept across the state of Alaska, leaving a swath of more than 100 new fire starts in its path and several more in the following days. By July 20, a total 530 wildfires… Read More ›
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Crews on Slathouka Fire construct fire breaks to protect allotments, Allakaket
With precipitation received across the area, fire behavior on the Slathtouka Fire (#431) diminished. The Alaska National Park Service Region Fire Suppression Module (10-person crew) arrived on the west side of the fire Tuesday to improve protection measures for allotments…. Read More ›
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Rain douses Minto Lakes Fire while firefighters continue repair work
The fire had significant rainfall Tuesday night and showers will continue throughout Wednesday. Cool, wet weather continues to damper any heat in black spruce stringers and deep duff pockets of the fire area, interior to containment lines. Today, heavy equipment… Read More ›
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Firefighters closer to completing structure protection activities on the Paradise Complex
Crews continue to take advantage of the nice weather across the fire complex. Since Tuesday, fire managers were able to obtain more accurate data, resulting in a slight increase in acres burned totaling 278,222 acres for the entire complex of… Read More ›
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Final update as all fires within Upper Yukon Zone unstaffed
Favorable weather conditions over much of eastern and central Alaska allowed firefighters to complete their work to fully suppress the Hadweenzic Fire (#569), the last staffed fire in the Upper Yukon Zone that covers 51.9 million acres in northeast Alaska…. Read More ›
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Recent progress allows crews to continue wrapping up efforts on the Slathtouka & Mission Fires
Recent weather conditions continue to provide opportunities for firefighters to obtain further completion of structure and allotment protection on the Slathtouka (#431) & Mission (#566) Fires. Slathtouka Fire (#431): located approximately 18 miles southwest of Alatna and Allakaket on the… Read More ›
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Recent weather allows firefighters to make progress on the Paradise Complex
Recent weather in the past five days allowed firefighters to construct structure protection efforts within the Lake Michumina communities. The Paradise Complex of seven fires is now at 46% completion of structure protection projects and has stayed at 276,703 acres… Read More ›
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