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• Firefighters gain ground containing two wildfires burning near Southwest Alaska villages

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on May 27, 2021

  Firefighters are making good progress in containing two human-caused fires burning in Southwest Alaska, one near the village of Pilot Point on the Alaska Peninsula and one near the village of Akiachak on the Kuskokwim River. The Kiktak Island Fire… Read More ›

• Firefighters continue work to contain Southwest Alaska wildfires near Pilot Point and Akiachak

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on May 26, 2021

  Firefighters continue working to stamp out two human-caused wildfires burning in southwest Alaska, one near the coastal village of Pilot Point on the Alaska Peninsula and one near the village of Akiachak along the Kuskokwim River. Twelve smokejumpers from the… Read More ›

• Smokejumpers deployed to wildfire threatening fish camp, allotments on Kuskokwim River near Akiachak

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on May 25, 2021

  The Alaska Division of Forestry deployed 12 smokejumpers on an estimated 100-acre wildfire burning near the village of Akiachak in southwest Alaska Tuesday afternoon to protect a fish camp and Native allotments surrounding the fire. The smokejumpers, from the BLM… Read More ›

• Wildfire near Pilot Point on Alaska Peninsula grows to 500 acres but no longer a threat to village

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on May 25, 2021

  

  A wildfire that ignited as a result of an escaped dump fire near the village of Pilot Point on the Alaska Peninsula is now estimated to be at least 500 acres but all immediate threats to the village have been… Read More ›

• State forestry unveils new Q-400 air tanker to be used for 2021 Alaska wildfire season

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on May 19, 2021

  Alaska’s wildland fire managers have a new tool in their toolbox this fire season – a Q-400 turboprop air tanker. The Alaska Division of Forestry typically has two Convair 580 turboprop air tankers from Conair Group Inc. of Abbotsford, B.C…. Read More ›

• Prescribed Fire Training With Local Fire Departments Successful This Week in the Mat-Su Area

  By Alaska Fire PIOs on May 14, 2021

  Wildland firefighters from the Mat-Su Area Forestry station in Palmer have taken advantage of favorable conditions and have conducted two prescribed burns this week. The first is the Sitze Road 15-acre prescribed burn that initiated during favorable conditions Monday afternoon,… Read More ›

• Fires at shooting ranges in Fairbanks and Palmer prompt responses from state forestry

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on May 9, 2021

  Wildland firefighters from the Alaska Division of Forestry and BLM Alaska Fire Service suppressed two wildfires Saturday that were triggered by recreational shooting at shooting ranges in Fairbanks and Palmer. The first fire, the 9.1-acre Chena Hot Springs Road Shooting… Read More ›

• First coal seam fire of 2021 reported near Healy

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on May 7, 2021

  It’s a sure sign of wildfire season in Interior Alaska – the first coal seam fire of the year near Healy. The Fairbanks Area Forestry station responded to the report of a wildfire off Healy Creek Spur Road near the… Read More ›

• Governor Mike Dunleavy declares May 9-15 as Wildland Fire Prevention and Preparedness Week in Alaska

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on May 6, 2021

  With the winter snowpack melting away, days growing longer and temperatures heating up, wildland fire season in Alaska has arrived. To help raise awareness, Governor Mike Dunleavy has proclaimed May 9-15 as “Wildland Fire Prevention and Preparedness Week in Alaska.”… Read More ›

• BLM Alaska seeks comment on Alphabet Hills prescribed burn analysis

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on April 30, 2021

  The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on the Environmental Analysis for an Alaska Department of Fish and Game proposal to burn about 53,000 acres of wildlands in the Alphabet Hills near the West Fork, Gulkana and Susitna Rivers to improve wildlife habitat. 

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