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• About 60% of prescribed burning to reduce the threat of wildfire on Interior Alaska military training lands complete

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on May 5, 2020

  

  About 60 percent of prescribed burning to reduce the threat of wildfire on military training lands in Interior Alaska is complete with the rest targeted for completion sometime in the next two weeks – as long as the weather cooperates.

• Even with burn permit suspension in place, State Forestry responds to 14 new wildfires over the weekend

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on May 4, 2020

  Despite a burn permit suspension that went into effect for much of the state on Friday, May 1, wildland firefighters from the Alaska Division of Forestry responded to 14 new wildfires around the state on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Several… Read More ›

• Trumpeter Fire in Point MacKenzie expected to be fully contained today

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on May 1, 2020

  Firefighters should achieve full containment of the 130-acre Trumpeter Fire in Point MacKenzie by the end of shift today, according to the Alaska Division of Forestry. The fire was reported to be 75 percent contained as of Friday morning. The… Read More ›

• Containment on Trumpeter Fire in Point MacKenzie bumped up to 40 percent

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on April 30, 2020

  Firefighters on Thursday continued making good headway in containing the 120-acre Trumpeter Fire burning in the Point MacKenzie area of the Mat-Su Valley. As of 5 p.m., the fire had not increased in size and containment had bumped up from… Read More ›

• Burn operations planned on military training lands in Fairbanks North Star Borough to reduce wildfire threat

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on April 30, 2020

  

  Starting as early as Saturday, the Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service (BLM AFS), in cooperation with U.S. Army Alaska (USARAK), could start setting prescribed fires on Fort Wainwright and the Yukon Training Area (YTA) to reduce the likelihood of… Read More ›

• Trumpeter Fire in Point MacKenzie 25% contained; firefighters making good progress

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on April 30, 2020

  An approximately 120-acre wildfire burning in the Point MacKenzie area of the Mat-Su Valley is 25 percent contained and more than 50 firefighters from the Alaska Division of Forestry are continuing work to increase containment. The Trumpeter Fire is burning… Read More ›

• Mat-Su firefighters responding to second grass fire in two days in Point MacKenzie area

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on April 29, 2020

  UPDATE – 10 p.m. – Firefighters are making good progress getting a hose line around the perimeter of the Trumpeter Fire. The latest size estimate is 50 acres and the fire is 25% contained. A second helicopter has been added… Read More ›

• Southeast Alaska exempted from May 1 statewide burn permit suspension

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on April 27, 2020

  The Alaska Division of Forestry will exempt Southeast Alaska from a planned May 1 statewide burn permit suspension, as the region’s weather, fuel types and fire history put it at less risk of wildland fire than mainland Alaska. “Most of… Read More ›

• Despite heavy snow melt, Deshka Landing hot spots still smoldering

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on April 24, 2020

  The Alaska Division of Forestry’s Mat-Su Area office continues to monitor multiple hot spots that overwintered inside the perimeter of the 2019 Deshka Landing Fire near the Nancy Lake Recreation Area south of Willow. Two Mat-Su Area wildland fire technicians… Read More ›

• Comments sought on preliminary assessment of program to reduce the risk of wildfires in East-Central Alaska

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on April 23, 2020

  

  The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments through May 15 on its programmatic environmental assessment for reducing the risk of wildfires on public lands it manages in east-central Alaska.

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