(Anchorage, AK) – For the greater part of May, the sound of chainsaws rang throughout the neighborhood and billows of white smoke rose from the forested area adjacent to the Hilltop Ski Area. Trail closed signs and caution tape were… Read More ›
Fuel Break Project
Controlled Pile Burning to Occur on Anchorage Hillside
(Anchorage, AK) – Controlled pile burning is scheduled to take place next week (as early as Monday) in the Municipality of Anchorage between Hilltop Ski Area and the Prospect Heights Trailhead. Once the piles of brush and debris are ignited,… Read More ›
State Forestry & Anchorage Fire Department collaborate to reduce wildfire risk
(Anchorage, AK) – With an early fire season declared in Alaska’s southern and southwest regions due to low snowpack and dry conditions, the Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection (DOF) is working with the Anchorage Fire Department (AFD) Wildfire… Read More ›
Public Notice: Washington Creek fuel break project mobilization
The Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection (DOF) is preparing to begin construction of the Washington Creek Fuel Break project, located north of Fairbanks. Equipment mobilization and project implementation are tentatively scheduled to begin the week of December 8…. Read More ›
Harding Lake Campground Fuel Reduction Work Completed in Alaska State Park
The Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection (AK DOF) completed a significant hazardous fuel reduction project at Harding Lake Campground in partnership with Alaska State Parks. These preventative measures are part of a comprehensive strategy to fortify state parks… Read More ›
Winter work continues on State of Alaska hazardous fuel reduction projects
The State of Alaska, Division of Forestry & Fire Protection manages a year-round hazardous fuel reduction program and is working on projects across the state, from Dillingham to Delta. Fuels reduction work aims to bolster community resilience to fire by… Read More ›
Creating wildfire-resilient Alaska communities
In the fall of 2022, the Mooseheart crew, a BLM contract crew predominantly made of firefighters from Tanana and Minto, , created a fuel break to help protect the village of Alatna from wildfires.
BLM AFS, U.S. Army to burn debris piles on military training lands in Interior Alaska
BLM AFS, U.S. Army Garrison, will burn woody debris piles left over from several hazardous fuels reduction projects near Fairbanks, Salcha and Delta Junction.
Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection to burn slash piles near Vista Gold subdivision in Fairbanks
The Alaska Division of Forestry & 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 ›
Debris pile burning much riskier in spring – permits required April 1st.
Just one spark lofted into dry grasses, tundra or even moss covered spruce trees can result in an unintended wildfire.
Alaska Wildland Fire Information 