Starting today, the Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service (BLM AFS) and U.S. Army Alaska (USARAK) will implement multiple prescribed fires in the Yukon Training Area located east of Eielson Air Force Base and the Small Arms Complex immediately… Read More ›
The Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service, in cooperation with the U.S. Army Alaska, will burn debris piles in a wood cutting area on Fort Wainwright’s main post starting as early as Saturday, May 5. As conditions allow, burning… Read More ›
Starting as early as Sunday, the BLM Alaska Fire Service (BLM AFS) and U.S. Army Alaska (USARAK) will implement prescribed fires in the Oklahoma Impact Area, located approximately 15 miles southwest of Delta Junction. As weather conditions allow, prescribed burning… Read More ›
The Alaska Department of Fish & Game, in cooperation with State Forestry, plans to again burn the cleared fields in the Panoramic and Gerstle Field Complexes of the Delta Junction Bison Range. The prescribed fires will be implemented when the… Read More ›
The Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service (BLM AFS), in cooperation with the U.S. Army Alaska (USARAK), will implement prescribed fires in the Donnelly Training Area (DTA) and the Gerstle River Training Area (GRTA) near Delta Junction starting… Read More ›
The U. S. Army Alaska, in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service, will burn large piles of woody debris created in 2013 in the Donnelly Training Area (DTA) on the west side of the Delta River… Read More ›
Alaska’s first wildfire of the season was reported on Sunday in Southeast Alaska and drew a response from a handful of U.S. Forest Service firefighters. The 1.1-acre Lucky Me Fire was reported Sunday afternoon on the southern end of Douglas… Read More ›
Alaska wildland firefighters pioneered the use of unmanned aerial systems, or drones, on fires across the country this summer to help provide fire crew support, hot spot detection and mapping. Statewide, the Bureau of Land Management in Alaska owns 17… Read More ›
Nov. 14, 2017 Update: This prescribed burning of debris piles was suspended indefinitely due to weather conditions – specifically an estimated foot of snow that fell in the Delta and Gerstle River training areas over the weekend. BLM Alaska Fire… Read More ›
The Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service (BLM AFS), in cooperation with the U.S. Army Alaska (USARAK), will be burning piles of woody debris on Fort Wainwright main post and military training areas south of Fairbanks. Burning operations… Read More ›
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